chrisn-585491 (7/21/2014)
In my career I've encountered consultants from company "AC", now renamed company "A", that have driven corporations into the ground with "advice". Their prime skill is the ability to play golf and drink with C level executives.But on the smaller scale, there are plenty of local companies that could use some true professional level advice from experienced IT pros, not snake oil salesmen.
I too have have had the pleasure of running into those guys. Several years ago a project came into a company that I was working at via the golf course\C-level executive route. In the end the project failed and cost the company in excess of $20M. The CIO charged with implementing the project was exiled to Lower Slobovia and never heard from again.