Chatty
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Chatty

What is the first thing you need to learn when you become a consultant? It depends…

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Remind Me
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Remind Me

My fellow federal practitioners relate - we had to submit our time everyday.

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Machine Learning
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Machine Learning

Beige… Beige everywhere…

I was a lot more naive about technology when I was starting out. Effectively, I’d always suggest bringing a nuclear button to a knife fight - overkill and useless…

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Katabatic Winds
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Katabatic Winds

Can you hear me now?

As I shake my walking cane, I definitely remember several instances where I had to hop onto a call that I felt that I could not miss and desperately tried to find a quiet place to call in from…

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One and Only
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One and Only

Every client is my favorite client.

I’m not really a people person. If you imagine the most socially awkward mistake a person can make, I’ve probably done it - in a professional setting…

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Scope Creep
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Scope Creep

None of us is without this consulting sin.

Admit it, we’ve all done it. You’ve been guarding the scope of your project with an iron fist…

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Work Life Nirvana
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Work Life Nirvana

One of these numbers is very real.

I worked for years on a project that released a new version of software every several months. Releases were huge productions…

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