Should you be a consultant?

Submitted by Clancy on October 5, 2002 - 11:58.

From the Chronicle: A former investment officer at Cornell University argues for the potential benefits of taking work as a consultant. True, he's working in the field of finance, but, as tech comm people, we have our share of outside work opportunities too. Do you think doing this kind of work is a good idea? Why or why not?

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Re: Should you be a consultant?

Submitted by platypus matt on October 6, 2002 - 19:22.

I think the author is on to something here. I know some other professors who do consulting work on the side. One teaches public speaking courses at a local community college and does his consulting work with major firms here in Tampa. He coaches them for speeches and edits their bulletins and mailouts for grammar and rhetoric.

I'd love to set up something like that. It'd be nice to make lots of cash applying what I know to a business model.