mmilano

The Sharepoint experience comparison is pretty pointless. The complaint is that he's being consulted to fix things un-qualified people broke. Sounds like, consulting.

I haven't put food on the table with Sharepoint consulting, but "broken installations" can be done via the GUI by employees with admin access right? ... where breaking AngularJS apps would be done by those with access to the code. Very different.

Then what type of consulting doesn't feel like selling your soul when you've achieved a significant level of expertise in an area?

Pretty dramatic, but interesting bits none the less.

You're there by choice because your BF needs your help, yet you write about how you're surprised they won't fire you. That probably makes less sense than any feature request they have sent you.

It's a good question though.

After analyzing requests I have issues with, I will setup a meeting to discuss what I think are the issues, and propose a better solution.

If they push it off as "This is what the customer (or some other decision maker) wanted", I ask if we know if they have considered the issues and if we can propose alternatives.

If they still want to move forward, I ask or work with them to discover more detail about how it will be developed, and make sure they fully understand and explicitly acknowledge each piece I think is insane, irresponsible, or otherwise.

It usually doesn't get to that with good managers or clients. If it does, and it happens regularly, it's time to fire them and move on.

It's neat to open HN and see very relevant topics. I'm taking Chris' Contextual Electronics course. It's structured around an 8 week period, but fortunately for me, it's still effective going at my own pace since life & work has been busy. Congrats Chris, and Thanks!