• merdaverse@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    From my (fortunately) brief experience in software consulting, I can confirm that is an important unwritten rule of the job. It doesn’t matter what exactly you sell to customers, as long as they are willing to buy it and come back. It explains why a lot of software is dogshit.

    • stinky@redlemmy.com
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      1 hour ago

      “I can’t produce anything, so I’ll take money away from other people doing business” ~consultants