[santacluster]

I have the same "talent". Exploited it for a via a former employer who runs an agency for temporary contract workers, and who regularly ran into such jobs, also because he was in a network with several other such agencies.

Nice gigs, usually no more than a few days, and working with tech I had no real experience in and otherwise wouldn't encounter.

Usually very similar problems: system slows down to a crawl or completely stops working because it hits some bottleneck (often after years of working flawlessly), original supplier no longer exists. Fun things to figure out if you have no immediate stake in it.

[grub5000]

I absolutely love this kind of work. I've been trying to think of a way to convert this into a semi-reliable job.

'Professional Troubleshooter' or something similar...

[raverbashing]

Looks like an interesting career path

[mml]

It is, can't recommend it enough. You swoop in like batman & pull their bacon from the fire. Makes for good feelings all around.