How I went from programming to consulting (2012)

Re:How I went from programming to consulting (2012) by k__ on Saturday December 23, 2017 @12:15PM (#15995074)

Consultant is simply perceived higher value than freelancer or contractor.

Since I started selling myself as a "Mobile Consultant" I made significantly more money than selling myself as a "Front-End Developer", "Freelance Developer" or such.

Seemingly it's all in the wording these days.

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Re:How I went from programming to consulting (2012) by oblio on Saturday December 23, 2017 @12:41PM (#15995225)

It was always in the wording :)

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Re:How I went from programming to consulting (2012) by user5994461 on Saturday December 23, 2017 @01:04PM (#15995363)

"Freelance" is the offshore developers on elance.com working for a dollar an hour and the students working after class for free who are desperate to get experience.

"contractor" is the replacement status for permanent employees. They are outside of normal payroll and company benefits, they usually do 1 to 6 months repeatable contracts.

"consultants" is the experienced people who need to be called by up-the-chain to perform important matters and take critical decisions.

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Re:How I went from programming to consulting (2012) by jwhitlark on Saturday December 23, 2017 @04:37PM (#15996388)

Or, you tell contractors what to do, but consultants tell you what to do.

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Re:How I went from programming to consulting (2012) by k__ on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @04:50AM (#16007925)

Mostly it's a mix.

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