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In March of 2002 I found myself in the wrong place at the wrong time so I reluctantly became an independent consultant. It happened again in 2007 after my startup failed me but I was ready and more prepared that time.
In some ways it is a great job! In independent consulting there are no suppliers, no contract negotiations, no budgets beyond the scope of the project, few personnel issues and very little encumbrances beyond the task at hand. As the head of various technology groups I can’t tell you how many sleepless nights I’ve had restoring systems after a crash or rushing to meet the needs of an important customer who gave an impossible task with an improbable deadline. But the job had to be done. As an independent consultant there isn’t the same kind of responsibility but you really have to cover your butt or you’ll take the blame for someone else’s failure to plan and that can result in not getting paid.
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