Addendum to The Laws of Consultancy

The client will use you as a shield to hide his incompetence. Your job is to bend over and take it, bitch.

You are the client's advocate. His success is your number one priority. Your client can't succeed if you allow his weaknesses to be exposed. And if his weaknesses are so profound that you can't possibly avoid them being exposed, you must allow the burden of blame to fall upon you. It is your job.

God help you, though, if your client is so stupid as to actually believe the lies he spreads about your own incompetency, because then it will show up in the feedback he provides about you that ends up in your annual review.

So sayeth Buck.