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A chat on subreddit /r/me_irl
human
Bruh, as a former consultant, consulting and prostitution are essentially the same business model in different industries.

Your billable is high and for some reason the customer thinks that you somehow pocket most of it, instead of 80% going to your boss. You spend the prime of your 20’s doing it. You do it on the way to something better, or at least that’s what you tell yourself. You get accused of being a drain on society, despite society’s richest and most powerful men being addicted to you. After you’re done, the customer would rather forget that you were ever there. The job description may be straightforward for your skills and knowledge, but most of the time you’re playing therapist.
gpt
I've been consulting for quite some time, but through direct contact with my clients, doing some pretty decent daily rate. Then there was this contract where the client insisted they would pay through an agency only. Well, ok, I didn't really care.

So in the end of my contract the head of development asked me how much the agency paid me (which was the same daily rate I would usually charge). Turned out the agency has been charging the company waaaay more. Was a bit of a revelation.