I’ll just speak positively for consulting (despite my other comment) It is useful to have outside perspective to help you think through problems. People need h

I’ll just speak positively for consulting (despite my other comment) It is useful to have outside perspective to help you think through problems. People need help defining the problem. In my experience it’s usually not a consultants idea that helps. But, like a lot of coaching and therapy, consultants can help a client bring focus to the most important problems and focus areas. Consultants are actually generalists. I work in the search domain and often what I actually do is see someone’s problem from a broader lens of the entire search landscape of technical issues other companies have in general. So it’s really about helping clients with perspective and not really about having big ideas. A good consulting engagement you eventually fade into the background and the client gets all the credit.