I’ll be honest , you’re analysis is perfectly right.
This is just my opinion , but I think the industry has evolved from what is was 20 years ago.
With the rise of social platform , access to knowledge has become universal.
Today anyone can proclaim themself an « expert » on any topic. Trust me on this , I have seen people telling me they knew about something and when you scratch the surface you realize they know very little...
Add to this the widespread of IT Trainings everywhere and you have made « IT consulting / Software Dev » become something trivial...
While someone who was a consultant 20 years ago was worth a lot for his own company and valued by his own peers/superior/customer his now considered as not much than a cell inside a spreadsheet or a unit of work for a given task...
There is no surprise there and I think it’s not even specific to you or consulting. It’s the same everywhere if you are working in large business ( Fortune 500 / SV Unicorn / Big Fours ...)
I’ll be honest , you’re analysis is perfectly right.
This is just my opinion , but I think the industry has evolved from what is was 20 years ago.
With the rise of social platform , access to knowledge has become universal.
Today anyone can proclaim themself an « expert » on any topic. Trust me on this , I have seen people telling me they knew about something and when you scratch the surface you realize they know very little... Add to this the widespread of IT Trainings everywhere and you have made « IT consulting / Software Dev » become something trivial...
While someone who was a consultant 20 years ago was worth a lot for his own company and valued by his own peers/superior/customer his now considered as not much than a cell inside a spreadsheet or a unit of work for a given task...
There is no surprise there and I think it’s not even specific to you or consulting. It’s the same everywhere if you are working in large business ( Fortune 500 / SV Unicorn / Big Fours ...)