[apohn]

>All the big failures I've seen in consulting come from having middleman between the guy building and the guy talking to the client.

I've worked in different sized consulting organizations. The bigger the consulting project, the more middlemen on both sides. Large consultancies focus on large projects at large customers. Large customers have a bunch of middlemen talking to the middlemen at the consultancy. What is sold, what is required, what is actually done...it's like a big maze...

If all you care about is a paycheck and checking some "delivered" boxes, these large consultancies are fine. If you are the type of person who gets upset because you feel like what you are asked to do can't possibly be right, try to find a smaller consulting org where customer success actually means something.

>If you are the kind of person that has trouble living with that (i.e. perfectionist), you'll be way happier in product orgs.

100% Agree. Note that smaller consulting orgs can be more focused on not delivering crap, but a change in profitability or strategy can change that quickly.