A cracking quote from a client:
A consultant is someone who in exchange for your watch will tell you the time
Being a consultant right now I’m not sure whether or not to be offended…
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8 Responses to “Consultants, a definition”
You might have to ask if the watch happens to be in binary (http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/front/ledbinarywatch.jpg). In that case, the consultant may be worth it! 🙂
Laugh, and them told them how much money they wasted telling you that joke.
Actually, the best definition is still on this page:
“Are you a prostitute or a software consultant?”:http://www.manbottle.com/humor/Are_you_a_prostitute_or_a_software_consultant….htm
I prefer to refer to myself as an insultant.
Fabian – awesome link.
See why most of us aren’t doing consulting:
http://www.karstenvoges.de/blog/archives/2005/08/11/why_accenture_etc_isnt_doing_consulting.html
Check out this great post from Bruce Eckel on consulting :
http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=122020
My favourite: a consultant is someone who, at great expense, shows you the way forward in difficult times by building a tunnel. Just when you see a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel, he builds more tunnel.