I think I have identified the 3 types of technical consultants. These are:
1) The smooth talker. Someone who can sell icecubes to Eskimos, sand to Arabia, but can't code his or her way out of a paper bag. Always turns to subcontractors to do the dirty work.
2) The eager beaver. Someone who has good marketing and technical skills but gets jerked around by clients because he or she can never say no to change or enhancement requests.
3) The wild-eyed guru. Someone who wears casual clothes and sports long hair, an earring, or some other affectation. A demon coder who is not terribly smart, business-wise, but can code anything. Otherwise known as "the gunslinger".
Any basic types I'm missing?
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John Koziol, ex-MVP, ex-MS, ex-FoxTeam. Just call me "X"
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