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The Case for Consultants

Posted February 11, 2003 | | Amplify

According to the tired old joke, a consultant is someone you pay to look at your watch so that he or she can tell you what time it is. As a consultant, I would agree with this analogy only so far as to say that if the client has grown so accustomed to looking at his or her watch that he or she has forgotten how to read it, then yes, it is accurate.

About The Author
Jeff Gainer
Jeff Gainer's management and technical articles have appeared in Cutter IT Journal , Enterprise Development, Contract Professional, Visual Basic Programmer's Journal, and .NET Magazine. He can be reached at gainerj at jeffgainer.com or on the Web at http://www.jeffgainer.com.
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