Part1: Fellow Tech Consultants. I was reviewing some of the posts here and see the same issues and concerns that have been ongoing for decades. I have 25+ years of experience in the tech consulting realm. Have worked for small to global companies. One common thread I see is work-life conditions and now what's termed as billable project hours or bench time. I can share a little advice here. If your company goes to billable project hours or bench time, leave as soon as you can.

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Thank you. That is the gist I am getting. I am now planning on exiting to industry, where Tech is not only more valued but retained. There may be layoffs, but what company doesn't. At least I won't have to stress and lose sleep due to a daily clock running out in a career path that no longer values my skillset.

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Fundamentally the business model for consulting companies is staffing as many people as possible for revenue. That incentive just doesn't align to good technical solutions - maybe we DON'T want a solution that requires an army of consultants to maintain over the long-term.

So many bad decisions affecting technical decisions and culture because we want to staff a certain way, vs making a decision with the product/client in mind...

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