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Discussion on: What is the job of a consultant?

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Michael MacTaggert

People underestimate how much the purpose of hiring consultants from firms is to fill out a development team temporarily so that those people can be fired without the company having to report it. If a significant number of employees lose their jobs because a project ends, it makes news and signals problems to investors. If consultants lose their jobs with a client in the same way, nobody cares.