with due respect this is a delulu distinction both in the problem statement ("I don't like the label 'consultant'") and the solution ("blah blah 20% vs 60%"). MBB routinely do 60% margin projects and they are the og consultants. secondly, enterprise buyers aren't idiots. they break down input costs and then negotiate. selling them on value is orthogonal to selling billable hours. sure if you're selling to small businesses this kind of obfuscation may work because they are inexperienced. maybe.

Chatting with parents who want their kid to take Computer Science in 11/12th. I don't think most parents are even remotely aware of what's coming to IT in India. The next wave of Indian gig workers is not delivery folks. Its developers. Gig work as agent builders, automation consultants, workflow implementers, and 1-person dev shops. The transition will mirror a lot of the changes underway with large tech and enterprise companies (like banks) in the US already. Fewer generic jobs, lots of high skilled contract jobs. And the app store era will be back as the agent store era. Not going to be a cushy transition especially given current software salaries!