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Originally Posted by Dien Rice
What this means is that, in many consulting cases, you're not actually being paid to solve the problem... You're being paid as someone to blame if anything goes wrong (or if the problem can't be solved)!
And...
If you do solve the problem, the people who hired you will take all the credit!
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I have to clarify, I think this only really holds if you're doing consulting for big organizations...
In that case, every employee generally has a CYA ("cover your a**") mentality, including those who hired you...
They want you to solve a problem. But they also want you as the "scapegoat" so they can "cover their a**" if required...
This does not hold if you're being hired by an individual, or a small business...!
I've done both...
Best wishes,
Dien