> One of those guys that gets invited to unwind a particular clusterfuck, gets paid $500/hour and quickly moves on to the next gig.
This is a "plays golf with the CTO" rate; I spent some time consulting because I thought that would mean more flexibility, and it's feast or famine, because of what you said about headcount, which applies all the way down until it's companies funded out of pocket. It took me years of consulting to figure that out: headcount is a costly liability at most businesses, but at a VC-funded startup, if they are trying to spend their competitors into the ground, frugality is discouraged.
> One of those guys that gets invited to unwind a particular clusterfuck, gets paid $500/hour and quickly moves on to the next gig.
This is a "plays golf with the CTO" rate; I spent some time consulting because I thought that would mean more flexibility, and it's feast or famine, because of what you said about headcount, which applies all the way down until it's companies funded out of pocket. It took me years of consulting to figure that out: headcount is a costly liability at most businesses, but at a VC-funded startup, if they are trying to spend their competitors into the ground, frugality is discouraged.