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mindwork | 7 months ago

Isn't it called consultant/consultancy?

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gerardojbaez|7 months ago

Isn't consultancy more of providing guidance and advice about specific subjects?

muzani|7 months ago

Yes, and senior is supposed to be the highest rank of IC. But at some point, people gave this advice to call yourself a consultant instead of a freelancer... and it worked. So we have to live with this new term, and so do actual consultants.

I prefer contractor because it doesn't have the same stigma as freelancer, and is still accurate about their relationship.

My wife is from civil/construction engineering and she thinks terms like developer, engineer, and architect are all BS when software people use them. But idk, eventually we need terms for what we do.