[patio11]

To the extent that this reflects material reality, it suggests that there is an arbitrage opportunity for anyone who can get a babyfaced twenty-something to front for a team of 30+ year veterans with deep domain expertise and 10x productivity. All you have to do is have the consultant bios note their WoW habits and 7 weeks of professional experience with Merb and Cucumber testing.

[bitwize]

Steve Jobs noticed this arbitrage opportunity -- and exploited it. He got himself hired to design circuit boards for Atari, farmed the work out to Wozniak who did the actual design, agreed to split the earnings and lied to Woz about how much he actually made.

[sethg]

Ah, yes, “Potemkin Consulting”.

[hga]

Not the best metaphor since it's not hiding that there's nothing behind the facade, rather there's something superficially unacceptable behind it. Trojan Horse is not quite right (the experienced veterans are not going to leap out from behind the facade and ravage the hiring company :-) but something in that direction would be much better.

[abalashov]

LOL - thank you, you just gave me a great idea ...