> the consultant has a shot at getting to a solution of the problem. Yes, and if the consultant fails, s/he's off to the next gig. The author did not mention

> the consultant has a shot at getting to a solution of the problem. Yes, and if the consultant fails, s/he's off to the next gig. The author did not mention any cases where his approach failed. The author also says "One week later, I will schedule a meeting with executive leadership, and during that meeting, I will read back a very lightly edited version of the transcript of the previous meeting" Dandy. If one has a recognizable voice - style, usage, etc. - it will be recognized. And dealt with. I don't think the solutions he's presenting will "scale." He says "[if you need] event-driven distributed systems consensus algorithm implemented using Twisted, I’m absolutely your guy." He's a young guy with a pretty narrow niche and is making some pretty big claims for a large world outside of it.