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> It really is about incentives, and consultants usually do not have the right ones As a consultant myself, I don't get it, that might be true for management c

> It really is about incentives, and consultants usually do not have the right ones As a consultant myself, I don't get it, that might be true for management consultants, but not for technical ones. As a software engineering one, there hasn't been a single time where I wasn't among the top performers after a month. My incentive was always to do a good showing so they may call you for other projects in the future.

Taikhoom10 2mo ago
yeah but are you independent?
- epolanski 2mo ago
  Yes
p91paul 2mo ago
TFA surely refers to management consultants, your parent looks like it as well (when they talk about management obsession with consultants). Technical consultants are mostly OK if their skill is not your main line of business, you just need a few of them or you need them temporarily. Companies employing thousands of software engineers or other professionals from consultancy firms only demonstrate their inability to plan, hire and organize people. It usually correlates with companies employing swats of management consultants.
derefr 2mo ago
The term most people here would use for your job is “contractor”, not “consultant.” A consultant, in most people’s minds, is someone they would consult with, who would tell them what to do, in an advisory capacity; not someone who would actually do any kind of work. (In other words, a management consultant.) The only people who use the term differently are consulting firms themselves, because they think “consultant” sounds fancier (and worth paying more for!) than “contractor.”
- epolanski 2mo ago
  Maybe you're right, my language has no such distinction (Italian) it's one term.
  - thereforegrin 2mo ago
    wouldn't that just be: "subappaltatore - una persona incaricata di svolgere un lavoro"?
    - epolanski 2mo ago
      Subappaltatore means subcontractor. When a contractor hires a second contractor to do part of, or all, the work. But appaltatore isn't strictly a contractor in the generic term either, its mostly related to win a "gara d'appalto", so winning a tender.

Taikhoom10 2mo ago

yeah but are you independent?

epolanski 2mo ago
Yes

p91paul 2mo ago

TFA surely refers to management consultants, your parent looks like it as well (when they talk about management obsession with consultants). Technical consultants are mostly OK if their skill is not your main line of business, you just need a few of them or you need them temporarily. Companies employing thousands of software engineers or other professionals from consultancy firms only demonstrate their inability to plan, hire and organize people. It usually correlates with companies employing swats of management consultants.

derefr 2mo ago

The term most people here would use for your job is “contractor”, not “consultant.” A consultant, in most people’s minds, is someone they would consult with, who would tell them what to do, in an advisory capacity; not someone who would actually do any kind of work. (In other words, a management consultant.) The only people who use the term differently are consulting firms themselves, because they think “consultant” sounds fancier (and worth paying more for!) than “contractor.”

epolanski 2mo ago
Maybe you're right, my language has no such distinction (Italian) it's one term.
- thereforegrin 2mo ago
  wouldn't that just be: "subappaltatore - una persona incaricata di svolgere un lavoro"?
  - epolanski 2mo ago
    Subappaltatore means subcontractor. When a contractor hires a second contractor to do part of, or all, the work. But appaltatore isn't strictly a contractor in the generic term either, its mostly related to win a "gara d'appalto", so winning a tender.