Listen "Are You Being Held Captive By Your Consultants?"
Episode Synopsis
You hired consultants to help you go faster, but now you can’t move without them. In this debut episode of ./deploy, Austin Vance, Shahed Syed, and Micah Adams expose the consulting trap too many companies fall into: land, expand… and quietly make you dependent.They break down why most consulting models are built for retention, not empowerment, and how you can flip the script by demanding self-sufficiency from day one. You’ll hear how great consultants build trust without taking control, how to know when to bring dev work in-house, and why Austin says some agencies are “just one Heroku outage away from a crisis.”The team plays devil’s advocate, tackles a real-world scenario where a dev shop is the client’s CTO, and closes out with a spicy round of Hot or Not featuring lifetime support docs, short-term contracts, and more.If you’ve ever felt like you’re paying for progress while losing control, this episode will help you take your power back.
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