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Sanders Kaufman wrote:
> Michael Austin wrote:
>
>> Sanders Kaufman wrote:
>
>
>>> That's scope creep as far as I'm concerned.
>>> I'm a tech guy, not a business consultant.
>>
>>
>> As a consultant, scope-creep is always welcomed - more money in our
>> pocket. Seriously, as a consultant, you really cannot seperate the
>> two. You have think like both a techno-weenie and a businessman. And
>
>
> I said I'm *NOT* a consultant. A good, analytically minded consultant
> would have paid attention to that detail.
>

No, you said you were not a "business consultant". That's only one kind
of consultant. I'm a "tech guy" also - but I've been running a
consulting business for over 16 years now.

> Indeed - in most industries, consulting WHILE contracting is a conflict
> of interest.
>

Define "consulting" and "contracting". And even when I'm under contract
- I am still a consultant. And my job still is to provide the best
solution for my customer's business. Even though I am a "tech guy".

>
>> most of them really appreciate it when you say "the vendor that has
>> been selected no longer meets the criteria for this project and in my
>> professional opinion would recommend finding one that can provide the
>> services necessary to make this project a success".
>
>
> That reminds me of a story.
>
> Early in my career, I consulted for a telco that had dozens of 286's
> networked up to perform a very simple monitoring task.
> Shortly after arriving, I recommended they upgrade to the more current
> 386's. Shortly after that, they sent me packing.
>
> Likely, those 286's are STILL in service, and STILL doing what they're
> supposed to. Why? Because the business owner was smart enough to not
> fix things that are not broken... and to get rid of folks who tried.
>

Not very smart on his part. He doesn't have to implement the
suggestions, but to get rid of someone for making a suggestion which
could improve matters is close minded and VERY stupid.

And probably not very smart on your part, either. You shouldn't just
recommend an upgrade because it's the "current thing". You should have
sound reasons for doing so. Something like 2 machines to do the work of
20 would qualify.

Of course, if you didn't have a good reason, he was smart to let you go
after all.

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