IT consultant

dowie · 27 Sep 2009 at 23:50

territt said:
I work for a financial software vendor as the moment doing internal support so i guess i could move across in that but i really dont have any real interest in the financial markets and i dont want to be a good i dont find interesting. thanks for all the replys guys.

you don't necessarily have to - we've got techies who don't know anything about the business side nor really care though know lots about say rate feeds/APIs etc...

mattheman · 28 Sep 2009 at 01:15

You want to work for a data infomation management company, learn the systems, after 3 years move over to there competitors for another 3 years, then get contracting you can earn 400 a day plus. those companies charge 1000s to companies like hedge funds, banks etc..

Sin_Chase · 28 Sep 2009 at 02:46

Ev0 said:
Exactly. To me a consultant is someone who has a very broad knowledge of the field but has specialist knowledge of his chosen area.

You need to specialise imho to be a consultant, so first thing I'd say is what do you want to be a consultant of?

Agreed specialising helps, but it's not the be all and end all.

Broad knowledge is far more valuable to smaller/medium clients on the whole while a much larger firm might only require a focused specialised area to be concentrated on.

oli collett · 28 Sep 2009 at 11:03

mattheman said:
You want to work for a data infomation management company, learn the systems, after 3 years move over to there competitors for another 3 years, then get contracting you can earn 400 a day plus. those companies charge 1000s to companies like hedge funds, banks etc..

Do you work in that field?

Hitman_Leon · 28 Sep 2009 at 11:58

oli collett said:
Do you work in that field?

No the goats butted him in the pants for talking rubbish about beards, so the field is now off limits.

Consulatant < toilet bugs < warehouse cat < CEO < cleaner < stock boy < receptionist < ect ect ect...................

mattheman · 28 Sep 2009 at 12:09

oli collett said:
Do you work in that field?

use too, and if i was starting thats the way i would do it, now wanting to move into finance.

ThuggedOut · 28 Sep 2009 at 14:00

I am a "consultant" and I dont know what that means.... the word is used so losely now that I dont think it has any meaning at all. The best thing for you to do is to continue what you are doing even if it is support (and you dont enjoy it that much) but you are so early on in your career that it should be the least of your worries. Learn the work inside out that you are doing at the moment and once that is achieved you will become invaluable...then you can push for things that you want, and perhaps move to a position where you enjoy what you do... if all else fails you will have the extra experience in the bag and you can take it elsewhere to another company!