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by user5994461 3424 days ago
consultant = charge > £600 a day to bring Docker to the company. Yet doesn't care when shit hits the fan 3 months later because he's already gone. In fact, he will never known about it.

By the way, How to have 100 customers => leave right after the design phase every single time. Clients add up quickly.
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mstump 3417 days ago
I do a mix of pure consulting but also managed services. I typically have a 12 hour SLA for issues, and 1 hour SLA for some customers. 24/7 support for mission critical, revenue generating systems. So no, I'm not just a talking head. It's usually me in the NOC on the hook in case things go wrong. I'm the world expert in this field, if you want things to work at scale people call me.
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mstump 3417 days ago
Individually I charge several orders of magnitude greater than what you're quoting. I'll advise and design, do deep troubleshooting etc.. Consultants that work for me (I'm the CEO) or a large SI will do the implementation.
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