The IT crowd

I overheard an IT consultant speaking to our accountant yesterday, he figures he's putting up his hourly rate by approximately 35%. When asked whether he had built on his skills set to provide a better service he laughed and responded : "the other consultants charge that much plus my wife just got pregnant!"! 

That got me thinking how
the IT crowd in this country (specifically dealing with SME's), is made up of a lot of one man bands many of which know as much about computers as the people requiring their services - some even less. Case in point I've had two "experts" try and subsequently fail to connect my laptop to a network printer. Despite their best efforts (including homework) and generally good banter the printer just won't allow my laptop to print over the network. Anyway, I wonder if any of you in the diaspora desperate to show how you've learnt so much and we've progressed so little will be back with an exaggerated accent to start yet another consultancy in this field. Please let me know when you do. Well, before you pack up your briefcase and turn to farming that is. FOH