Ways to know you've got the consulting bug

Ways to know you've got the consulting bug

Post by Ryengot » Sat, 15 Jul 2000 04:00:00



* Can't stop using words that don't exist.
* Worried that he who dies with the most frequent-flier miles wins.
* Constant urge to give advice on subjects you know nothing about.
* Keep seeing bullet points everywhere.

Q: How many executives does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: A roomful - they have to hold a meeting to discuss the ramifications
    of the change. "This topic was resumed from last week's discussion,
    but is incomplete pending resolution of some action items. It will
    be continued next week. Meanwhile...."

Borrowed from "The Office" calendar, Friday, July 14th, 2000
and Monday July 24th, 2000

   Ryengoth

Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.

 
 
 

Ways to know you've got the consulting bug

Post by Mark Brow » Sat, 15 Jul 2000 04:00:00


How many programmers does it take to change a light bulb?

None.  It's obviously a hardware problem.

Mark - usually in the dark - Brown

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> * Can't stop using words that don't exist.
> * Worried that he who dies with the most frequent-flier miles wins.
> * Constant urge to give advice on subjects you know nothing about.
> * Keep seeing bullet points everywhere.

> Q: How many executives does it take to change a lightbulb?
> A: A roomful - they have to hold a meeting to discuss the ramifications
>     of the change. "This topic was resumed from last week's discussion,
>     but is incomplete pending resolution of some action items. It will
>     be continued next week. Meanwhile...."

> Borrowed from "The Office" calendar, Friday, July 14th, 2000
> and Monday July 24th, 2000

>    Ryengoth

> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.

--

Mark Brown
Manager Continuing Engineering
Pick Systems
Irvine, CA   USA

"Gun control isn't about guns -- it's about control."

 
 
 

Ways to know you've got the consulting bug

Post by cromwel » Sat, 15 Jul 2000 04:00:00


classic Dilbert:
"I'm a consultant because"
" I like to con people and I like to insult people"

Cromwell


Quote:

> * Can't stop using words that don't exist.
> * Worried that he who dies with the most frequent-flier miles wins.
> * Constant urge to give advice on subjects you know nothing about.
> * Keep seeing bullet points everywhere.

> Q: How many executives does it take to change a lightbulb?
> A: A roomful - they have to hold a meeting to discuss the ramifications
>     of the change. "This topic was resumed from last week's discussion,
>     but is incomplete pending resolution of some action items. It will
>     be continued next week. Meanwhile...."

> Borrowed from "The Office" calendar, Friday, July 14th, 2000
> and Monday July 24th, 2000

>    Ryengoth

> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.

 
 
 

Ways to know you've got the consulting bug

Post by Ed » Sat, 15 Jul 2000 04:00:00



Quote:> How many programmers does it take to change a light bulb?

> None.  It's obviously a hardware problem.

<snip>

Would that hardware problem be a loose nut on the terminal?

Kidding!

Ed

 
 
 

Ways to know you've got the consulting bug

Post by Ed » Sat, 15 Jul 2000 04:00:00



Quote:> classic Dilbert:
> "I'm a consultant because"
> " I like to con people and I like to insult people"

<snip>

You forgot the "ant"  part - I've got the brain of an ant!

Ed - I've got the brain of a gnat - Sheehan

 
 
 

Ways to know you've got the consulting bug

Post by Stevenso » Sat, 15 Jul 2000 04:00:00


My cat used to go out carousing each night, yowling, and coming home in the
morning all beat up.  So I had him fixed.  Now he still goes out, but only
as a consultant.
    -    Garrison Keillor  (paraphrased) on his "Prarie Home Companion"
radio show.

Chuck Stevenson, MV Consultant


> * Can't stop using words that don't exist.
> * Worried that he who dies with the most frequent-flier miles wins.
> * Constant urge to give advice on subjects you know nothing about.
> * Keep seeing bullet points everywhere.

> Q: How many executives does it take to change a lightbulb?
> A: A roomful - they have to hold a meeting to discuss the ramifications
>     of the change. "This topic was resumed from last week's discussion,
>     but is incomplete pending resolution of some action items. It will
>     be continued next week. Meanwhile...."

> Borrowed from "The Office" calendar, Friday, July 14th, 2000
> and Monday July 24th, 2000

>    Ryengoth

> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.

 
 
 

Ways to know you've got the consulting bug

Post by Ed » Sat, 15 Jul 2000 04:00:00


Q: Who was the first consultant?
A: Eve

Q: What is the definition of a consultant?
A: Someone who borrows your watch to tell you what time it is

Ed


> My cat used to go out carousing each night, yowling, and coming home in
the
> morning all beat up.  So I had him fixed.  Now he still goes out, but only
> as a consultant.
>     -    Garrison Keillor  (paraphrased) on his "Prarie Home Companion"
> radio show.

> Chuck Stevenson, MV Consultant


> > * Can't stop using words that don't exist.
> > * Worried that he who dies with the most frequent-flier miles wins.
> > * Constant urge to give advice on subjects you know nothing about.
> > * Keep seeing bullet points everywhere.

> > Q: How many executives does it take to change a lightbulb?
> > A: A roomful - they have to hold a meeting to discuss the ramifications
> >     of the change. "This topic was resumed from last week's discussion,
> >     but is incomplete pending resolution of some action items. It will
> >     be continued next week. Meanwhile...."

> > Borrowed from "The Office" calendar, Friday, July 14th, 2000
> > and Monday July 24th, 2000

> >    Ryengoth

> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.

 
 
 

Ways to know you've got the consulting bug

Post by Rodney P Frisar » Sun, 16 Jul 2000 04:00:00


Consultants believe in the 90/90 project completion.

The first 90% of the job takes 90% of the time.

The last 10% of the job takes the other 90% of the Job.

Rodney Frisard
Ultimate Business Systems
Metairie, La.

 
 
 

Ways to know you've got the consulting bug

Post by Dave Walke » Sun, 23 Jul 2000 04:00:00



> * Can't stop using words that don't exist.
> * Worried that he who dies with the most frequent-flier miles wins.
> * Constant urge to give advice on subjects you know nothing about.
> * Keep seeing bullet points everywhere.

> Q: How many executives does it take to change a lightbulb?
> A: A roomful - they have to hold a meeting to discuss the ramifications
>     of the change. "This topic was resumed from last week's discussion,
>     but is incomplete pending resolution of some action items. It will
>     be continued next week. Meanwhile...."

> Borrowed from "The Office" calendar, Friday, July 14th, 2000
> and Monday July 24th, 2000

>    Ryengoth

> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.

This is being forwarded to the programmers at my company, only the
question will be:
  "How many Ernst & Young Oracle consultants does it take to change a
light bulb?"

We just met an 'impossible' deadline interfacing our unidata system with
our parent company's Oracle system. I've never been in so many meetings
in my life, and I was only required to attend a fraction of them!!
--
Dave Walker

"The Internet is not a network of computers. It is a network of
people. That is its real strength." -- Rik van Riel