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Undertoad · 12-04-2001, 02:41 PM

I was a consultant. We were starting a new practice to scope out, configure, install, etc. mid-range Unix boxes. Only one of my seven "engagements" was directly related to the new practice; the other six were standard KPMG IT consulting. Which is now really kpmgconsulting.com, not kpmg.com. In theory. (In similar theory, Enron is a financially stable energy company.)

Out of seven gigs, in four cases I was asked to "add value" where I had no particular background in what they wanted. Three of the gigs went terribly, not as a result of my efforts but just because they were practically set up to fail. In one case I had to run out the previous night and buy the O'Reilly book to learn more about what I was supposed to be an expert on. (Sure, I pulled it off, but please!)

12-04-2001, 02:41 PM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I was a consultant. We were starting a new practice to scope out, configure, install, etc. mid-range Unix boxes. Only one of my seven "engagements" was directly related to the new practice; the other six were standard KPMG IT consulting. Which is now really kpmgconsulting.com, not kpmg.com. In theory. (In similar theory, Enron is a financially stable energy company.) Out of seven gigs, in four cases I was asked to "add value" where I had no particular background in what they wanted. Three of the gigs went terribly, not as a result of my efforts but just because they were practically set up to fail. In one case I had to run out the previous night and buy the O'Reilly book to learn more about what I was supposed to be an expert on. (Sure, I pulled it off, but please!)