That's a problem with consulting in general too. They get paid to insert themselves in your project with little context, implement exactly what you tell them to, then leave once the contract is up without giving you any documentation. During their contract they will constantly delay because they have other clients they are behind on, so what you are delivered is a rushed mess. When it sucks, they don't care because they got paid and you're too cheap to hire in house, so you'll come crawling back anyway. When you go out of business because the thing you counted on them to build was late and not fit for purpose, they move on to the next sucker
Consultants that are "masters of their craft" when such crafts are an integral part of your media (and you can't be expected to have those sorts of experts on your dev team) is reasonable.
There is no reasonable time for DEI/ESG consultants. And a researcher of ancient Japanese gay pedophilia is not a historian.
They can be good for technical authenticity. Things like, "what would a fighter pilot call out here? Who would be on the other end of the radio?" You're probably not going to keep a retired combat pilot on staff just to get that right.
But that doesn't apply to the fake racial "authenticity" DEI consultants want because there is no one correct way to be whatever.
Yeah I'm pretty sure Kojima brought a bunch of experts in for Metal Gear Solid 2 to make sure they were more accurate in terms of technical details like how you would clear rooms, what you say on the radio, etc.
Its modern sense of "agent appointed by a sovereign state to reside in a foreign place to protect the interests of its citizens and commerce there" began with use of the word as appellation of a representative chosen by a community of MERCHANTS living in a foreign country... https://www.etymonline.com/word/consul
That's a problem with consulting in general too. They get paid to insert themselves in your project with little context, implement exactly what you tell them to, then leave once the contract is up without giving you any documentation. During their contract they will constantly delay because they have other clients they are behind on, so what you are delivered is a rushed mess. When it sucks, they don't care because they got paid and you're too cheap to hire in house, so you'll come crawling back anyway. When you go out of business because the thing you counted on them to build was late and not fit for purpose, they move on to the next sucker
Never hire consultants.
Consultants that are "masters of their craft" when such crafts are an integral part of your media (and you can't be expected to have those sorts of experts on your dev team) is reasonable.
There is no reasonable time for DEI/ESG consultants. And a researcher of ancient Japanese gay pedophilia is not a historian.
I've yet to work with a consultant that was worth the money, and I was one for the early parts of my career
They can be good for technical authenticity. Things like, "what would a fighter pilot call out here? Who would be on the other end of the radio?" You're probably not going to keep a retired combat pilot on staff just to get that right.
But that doesn't apply to the fake racial "authenticity" DEI consultants want because there is no one correct way to be whatever.
Yeah I'm pretty sure Kojima brought a bunch of experts in for Metal Gear Solid 2 to make sure they were more accurate in terms of technical details like how you would clear rooms, what you say on the radio, etc.
Its modern sense of "agent appointed by a sovereign state to reside in a foreign place to protect the interests of its citizens and commerce there" began with use of the word as appellation of a representative chosen by a community of MERCHANTS living in a foreign country... https://www.etymonline.com/word/consul