My perspective is just as valid, and I also wrote,

>I'm not for/or against a particular style

... so I'm not sure why some of you took offense in my comment, but I can definitely imagine why :)

>Ex-colleagues reach out to me and ask me to work with them

Never happened to me, that's the point I'm making.

1. I wish work just landed at my feet.

2. As that never happened and most likely was never going to happen, I had to learn another set of skills to overcome that.

3. That made me a much more resilient individual.

(4. This is not meant as a criticism to @arthurfirst's style. I wish clients just called me and I didn't have to save all that money/time I spend taking care of that)