This IT consultant pilot fish has been assigned to the same client for several years — during which the consulting firm that employs him has changed hands, changed contracts and provided plenty of drama.

But the client work? Not so much. “It finally reached the point for my time at the client to wind down,” says fish. “I was tired of the place, the on-call requirements, the BS, the technology — I was in consulting for the variety.

“As my system was being replaced — the fourth system I had worked on there! — I let my client know I’d be happy to transition out.”

Fish wraps things up at the client in April without incident. But a week later, it’s more drama from the consulting firm, in the form of a letter giving him official notice that his contract isn’t being renewed and will expire in November. That’s not a big surprise — the consulting outfit is shuttering its office in fish’s area.

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