A person who claims to be an expert and markets him or herself as such, but has no discernable income or prior background being a practitioner in the subject matter they purport to represent. These individuals are usually offered talking points and a buried stipend (read: paid off) by a special interest group, such as a political
party or industry lobby then go on to
blog or make media appearances promoting their point of view to the detriment of
people who are real-life practitioners and subject matter experts.
Andy is a pundit on technology
issues but doesn't seem to have any real-
world experience doing the things he promotes. Through some
digging we can discover he is actually an industry shill.