Contractor makes sense, consultant is a bit weird because the typical understanding is that a consultant comes in to share knowledge, not build product.

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tym0 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Then you're not familiar with software consultancy because that's exactly what they do.

	▲	vscode-rest 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Ah ok then let’s just call them contractors because that’s what exactly what they do.