"Peter Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I also know of many people (myself included) who restrict the term > to those who have a deep expertise in one or more areas and who > look for projects where they can be brought in to apply that > expertise, usually by telling the customer what to do (or what > not to do any more, perhaps). This sort of work can be hourly, > or quite often daily or even at a fixed price (say, for specialized > "emergency" troubleshooting, or for a design task). > > (The second type will take on jobs that the former would take, > often grudgingly if work is scarce, while the former are rarely > qualified to take on the sort of work that interests the latter.) > > Which type do you mean? Well, I consider myself a consultant of the second kind. Using Python for maths/stats (often meaning decision support systems) or science related custom software is what I prefer to do .. But I also tend to enjoy "firefighting" web projects because they pay well and they are never boring.. rather on the contrary.. :-) ...and I second what you said in parenthesis. So my interest follows. Though one could surely have two divisions of a huge guild. :-)) Best, Miklós -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
