Re:The Advantage of Being a Little Underemployed
by pmoriarty on Monday May 22, 2017 @01:00PM
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"with consulting if you are charging by the hour people demand value by the hour"
You don't have to charge by the hour. You could charge by the day, week, month, or project.
Re:The Advantage of Being a Little Underemployed
by borplk on Monday May 22, 2017 @01:32PM
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True but the general point stands correct.
With a consulting engagement there's usually a higher expectation of consistent proportional value delivered. It's more transactional (we pay $X we get Y).
As a salaried employee at least in many companies there's some element of the employee being a long-term asset to the company so the pressure is not as high or as consistent.
What I love about that is that you have long-term goals but it doesn't matter how you get there in the short term. So you can work like a horse for 4 days and rest for the remainder of the week. Or maybe another week you work a little bit 7 days a week.