<p>I previously asked a question as to <a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1127/is-stackexchange-a-good-idea">whether or not StackExchange hurts a consultant's business</a> because of all the free advice one can readily obtain here.  Some felt that the advice given was for basic things and not of the nature of a true consultation.  I think there is some merit to that view and now I am wondering if the opposite might be true. Do potential consulting customers actually hire consultants because they met them through StackExchange? </p>

<p>I have only been on for slightly over 1 month but I helped out someone with problems related to the binomial distribution and he subsequently contacted me to see if I would be interested in possibly doing some consulting for him in the future.  I don't know if this proposed offer will ever come to fruition but it does lead me to believe that maybe some of you, particularly if you have been with StackExchange for over one year, have gotten any consulting jobs through StackExchange.</p>
