It was a good gig, but I had the same problem most solo consultants have: I had one huge client who took up the bulk of my time, and a couple of smaller clients who were way more satisfying to work with. You could never count on Sidney to have a handle on what he was supposed to be working on, even if you sent him information ahead of time, because he never had the time to absorb the details. Sidney was about getting things done, which usually meant you had to spend 30–60 minutes getting Sidney up to speed before you could tap Sidney’s expertise, and by then, Sidney usually needed to be moving on to something else, or Sidney was being interrupted by other priorities. But honestly, I’d rather have five crazy suggestions from Susan than have to reexplain five times to Sidney why things were a certain way in the first place.