Saturday, July 17, 2004
I just couldn't wait ... to get back into the jungle
I got an email from my old recruiter in Philly. He has a gig open in NYC for someone like me. If it's independant consulting again, I'm totally into that.
To be a consultant, you have to be 1 part programmer, 1 part politician, and 1 part sniper. When there is that kind of money floating around, everyone wants a piece of it. You're either the big shark, or the tiny fish that gets eaten. The daily struggles to survive, the round after round of layoffs, the backbiting politics, the impossible projects, the pressure of it all ...
... I miss it. I feel like Martin Sheen in "Apocalypse Now." "I just couldn't wait to get back into the jungle."
To be a consultant, you have to be 1 part programmer, 1 part politician, and 1 part sniper. When there is that kind of money floating around, everyone wants a piece of it. You're either the big shark, or the tiny fish that gets eaten. The daily struggles to survive, the round after round of layoffs, the backbiting politics, the impossible projects, the pressure of it all ...
... I miss it. I feel like Martin Sheen in "Apocalypse Now." "I just couldn't wait to get back into the jungle."
