Consultant pilot fish is on the team building a financial datamart at a big bank, and it’s a diverse group — in more ways than one.

“I was working with several other consultants from other firms, including a low-cost consultant from India with an H-1B visa — I’ll call him Fred,” says fish. “I won’t say that his resume contained lies, but there certainly was some puffery.

“Fred made a major mistake, causing all kinds of data problems that were going to require him to work that entire weekend. One of the other consultants, whom I’ll call Barney, told him, ‘Well, you’ll be stuck here all weekend. I’ll be sure to bring you a cheeseburger.’

“I could see Fred visibly flinch from the remark. I later mentioned to Barney that cows are sacred to Fred. Barney replied that he knew that already.

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