"They also serve who only stand and wait" - Milton, John
>>> David Lyon <> 02/04/07 09:23:15 >>>
Michael Kay wrote:
>> But I do know of one guy that charged $250,000 p/a as a
>> 'interoperability consultantant'. He didn't actually do any
>> programming or implementation. Just looked at (message)
>> exchanges at a stock-broking company.
>>
>
> Actually, he probably listened to the arguments of the programmers who
> wanted to do it using tool X, and the arguments of the programmers who
> wanted to do it using tool Y, neither of whom was able to explain the
> business reasons for their preference; and then he told the managers which
> lot to back, and saved the company $2m a year by helping them get off the
> fence.
>
> (Alternative ending: he told the managers which lot to back but they ignored
> his advice and employed another consultant to give a third opinion...)
>
quite possibly....
if so then I really need to get back into the corporate world because
that sounds like the easy life to me.... :-)
are you listening Len ?
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