Bruce Eckel has written a number of very good books and I'm sure he does much more that just think and write. His "Thinking in..." series, which I have read much of (but not recently) was very instrumental in helping me survive my early forays into Java. As I remember, those resources were always sensible, focused, and helpful.
I found an online article from 2005 that he wrote entitled "What is Consulting?"... figured it was well worth sharing. Sure, it's > 4 years old, but it just goes to show that truth and perspective never go out of style.
http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=122020Reading this reinforces my belief that to be small and effective will always be significantly better than being huge and ... less.
