New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Consulting for a Financial Instution

Ask HN: Consulting for a Financial Instution
3 by throwawaytwotw | 2 comments on Hacker News.
hey, just for context, i am fully employed, but am ( passively ) looking for a full time remote position i got a call from a recruiter the other day about a longer term contract and i am considering it. frankly, the remote aspect and getting my beak wet when it comes to consulting makes me wanna do it, but the call with recruiter set off some internal alarms: 1. its remote, but they want you to come in every so often into office, but they are not married to it 2. its consulting, but they want to ensure you don't work for anyone else, but they want you to have an llc ( i have one setup for one small offs, but it never was a year long engagement ) 3. its lower than my current pay, but the remote part offsets a lot for me 4. recruiter said previously hired candidate got dropped due to visa issues 5. oh right, there was a weird level of focus on jira; the recruiter wanted to make sure i know it -- somehow it made into job description i guess what i am saying is, the call felt weird, but i dont think it is a scam and i know from experience, financial institutions are weird when it comes to tech so here are my questions: - did any of the points above feel off? - did any of you do it ( consult for an FI ) ? - and if you did, did you run into any issues that you would handle differently in retrospect?