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Re:Ask HN: What other careers will you move into when the te... by JabavuAdams on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @08:39PM (#10550758)
Depends. One of the reasons Fog Creek shifted to products was that their consulting just dried up. The way it appeared to them was that the time to land new contracts was getting longer and longer. Eventually they realized there were no new contracts.
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Re:Ask HN: What other careers will you move into when the te... by nness on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @10:14PM (#10551072)
I agree, but that's all consulting\agency work. Markets change and people move on. Not sure why there are those who expect or wish for life-time employment (besides for historical\cultural reasons).
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