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Subject:Re: Red button: next in the saga From:Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- polycom -dot- com> Date:Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:28:04 -0400
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Combs,
Richard<richard -dot- combs -at- polycom -dot- com> wrote:
> Chris Morton wrote:
>
>> Definition of an "expert" - Someone from over 50 miles away
>
> Along the same lines (and since it's almost Friday), a consultant is
> someone you hire to borrow your watch to tell you the time.
>
> ;-)
A friend of mine once said that to a manager, an expert as someone you
bring in from a distance greater than 100 miles. She's worked as a
long-distance consultant (and a local one) many a time.
Lin Sims
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