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Consulting - Not For Everyone
Hard Work/Long Hours Requires Flexibility Involves Travel Requires Personal Skills Clients Don’t Like or Trust You - At First
Consulting Opens Doors
Non-Technical Career – Easy Transition to Management Consulting – Analytical Skills Applicable to Solving Business Process Problems – Support Functions at Technical Firms (i.e. Sales, HR)
Last Advice
No Perfect Job Exists Know What Is Important to You Think Long-Term
– Different Platforms (Mainframes, Servers, PCs) – Different Languages (HTML, C, Visual Basic, COBOL,
Vendor Specific)
Industries/Clients
What’s an Industry? Type of Work can Vary by Industry Can Change Industries/Clients Frequently My Experiences
Project Duration: Several Months to Years Clients: Usually Large Companies Demand: Always High, but Requires Periodic Re-tooling of Skills
System Administrator
Description – Provide Technical/User Support
Project Types – Set up/Maintain LANs, PCs, User IDs, etc. – Install Software – Support Help Desks
Project Duration: Years or Multiple Clients at Once Clients: Large and Small Companies Demand: High, Increasing as Companies Look More to Outsource Support Functions
People
Meet Many Different People Working with Different Groups of People from Year to Year New Bosses Periodically My Experiences
– Many People throughout Consulting Field and Industry – People throughout Country – Met Some of Best Friends
– Insurance/Financial Services – Government (Federal & State) – Light Manufacturing – Distribution & Logistics – Transportation – Travel – Healthcare
Applications
Technologies Change - Only Limited by Yourself Not Limited to Your Companies Products Your Degree Suited for this Variety My Experiences
– Different DBMS (Oracle, 2, Sybase, Teradata, MSAccess, IMS)
Consulting Opens Doors
Jobs at Clients – Many Take Jobs at Clients – Allows Observation of Company Before Taking Job
Head Hunters – Always on Lists of People to Call – Contacted Constantly – Always Other Jobs Out There
Consulting = Variety
Technologies/Vendor Software Industries/Clients Applications Geographic Locations Responsibilities People
Technologies/Vendor Software
Project Duration: Days to Few Months Clients: Large and Small Companies Demand: High when Specialty is Hot
IT Consultant/Analyst
Description – Client’s Partner - True “Consultant” – Solve Business Problems through Technology
Geographic Locations
Opportunity for Travel Domestic/International Work Where Clients are Located My Experiences
– 1/4 Career is Chicago and Suburbs – 3/4 in Other Cities (Minneapolis, Springfield, Washington
A Career in Consulting for Computer Science Majors
Vince DeGiulio Accenture - Associate Partner
Purdue CS ‘87
Types of Consultants
Application Programmer System Administrator Technical Specialist IT Consultant/Analyst
Technical Specialist
Description – Expert in Specific Technology/Product (ie. Web Development, Object Oriented)
Project Types – Application Development/Maintenance – Performance Reviews – Product Sales Support
Application Programmer
Description – Hired Guns of Programming - Contractor – Many Languages/Tools
Project Types – Application Development – Application Maintenance
Own Consulting Firm – Many Consultants Form Own Small Firms After Gaining Experience
Why I Chose Consulting
Didn’t Want to Program Forever Looking for Advancement Opportunities Looked at Long-Term Money vs Short-Term Got Bored Easily Saw People Sitting at a Desk that Looked Too Comfortable
D.C., Miami, Atlanta, Louisville)
Responsibilities
Don’t Stagnate in Same Position Forever Can Increase Authority Quickly My Experiences
– Programmer 1.5 Years – Analyst/Program Designer – Supervisor – System Architect – Team Leader – Project Manager
Transaction Processing (i.e. Order Entry) Knowledge Worker (i.e. EIS) Database Systems My Experiences
– Patient Administration – Inmate Inventory – Unemployment Check Processing – Customer Information – Underwriter Decision Analysis – Logistics Network Analysis – Vehicle Tracking – Fleet Management
Project Types – Business Application Development – Technology Strategies
Project Duration: Many Months to Years Clients: Usually Large Companies Demand: High