[mr_toad]

> making the thing somebody else’s problem.

Do you keep a gardener on staff? Or hire one every couple of weeks? Or do you do it yourself? It all depends on the size and frequency of the job, your skill set, how much your time is worth, how old you are etc.

The same applies to nearly every economic transaction on the planet. It’s always more expensive to have someone else do it. IT contracting shouldn’t be any different. Sometimes there’s a job that it makes no sense to try and do yourself, or have permanent staff do.