Level Extreme platform
Subscription
Corporate profile
Products & Services
Support
Legal
Français
3 Types of Consultants
Message
From
14/07/1999 22:58:46
 
 
To
14/07/1999 22:24:15
General information
Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Other
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00241447
Message ID:
00241635
Views:
12
I think I follow that model. Except that I'm in the "look professional, respect the client" crowd. Short hair, suit and tie.


>Yup. You missed the normal guy, wearing business-casual cloths, no rings, no long hair (not that I have something against), the guy who's like other thousands guys, who can code in a decent way, can market his work but cannot sell impossible things, etc. :))
>
>Vlad
>
>>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?
------------------------------------------------
John Koziol, ex-MVP, ex-MS, ex-FoxTeam. Just call me "X"
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" - Hunter Thompson (Gonzo) RIP 2/19/05
Previous
Next
Reply
Map
View

Click here to load this message in the networking platform