[eschutte2]

Ha, for a minute I thought you might have come up with a good reason not to hire consultants.

One important point is that consultants can be a way to buy a slice of a skill set or experience level that you couldn't afford to own outright, in the same way that Berkshire Hathaway benefits from buying slices of companies on the public markets that it couldn't own 100%.

[cdstamper]

That's more or less the point I was trying to make. Consultants can deliever experience and skill levels that you can't afford or attract otherwise.