Maybe it was a shitty question for me to ask out in the open in front of people. Public education uses a ton of high paid consultants to operate several corners from capital projects, to food service, to curriculum, etc. Anyway, I was frustrated because well, several projects have gone $500,000 to $1,000,000 over budget which impacts the rest of our budgeting, and ultimately students and teachers. This consultant probably makes 5-6x what I do and works 1/10th the time. He was upset that I asked and kept asking me what my experience is building a home, a building, renovating buildings, etc. to undercut my question.
Thing is, at the end of the day, think he knew that he should have kept this high paid person on a tighter leash with their project management, but just couldn’t admit it to me in front of others.
One of those days where I ran into a bit of friction with management. Feeling frustrated by the interaction.
Just wanted to vent that’s all.