E001-2026 Cyberium Podcast - French IT Consulting, The False Savings Behind Billable Incompetence

When an IT consulting firm bills a junior as a senior, where does the missing experience come from? It doesn’t, but the invoice arrives anyway. In this first episode of New Cyberium Podcast, I take on French IT consulting firms, known as ESNs, and the bullshit behind selling expertise while refusing to pay for it. From cybersecurity budgets cut to the bone to backups nobody has tested, I follow what happens when management’s glorious savings meet a system that actually needs to work. This isn’t an attack on juniors learning their trade. It’s an attack on the people who sell them as experts, demand that independent consultants shut up, and start hunting for a scapegoat when things go to shit. The bargain looks brilliant until the recovery bill lands, and suddenly nobody remembers whose idea it was.