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Why Technology Consulting?

Posted At : March 11, 2010 5:38 PM by Christina Chrysomallidou

Graduate Program: Technology

I am nearly close to my destination after a 2 hours journey on a typical Monday morning, and I remembered once more why I chose to be a technology consultant. The main reason is the variety of roles and as a result, the absence of routine.

In consulting and especially in technology-related projects it is almost certain that you will never do the same role. Each time you learn something new because technology projects have a degree of novelty in them. Each time you meet different people and clients, understand different needs/requirements and work with different systems. Each time you have to travel to a new location, near or away from home...

Therefore, a plus for working as a technology consultant is that you never get bored because you never really know what you are going to do in your next project. Nothing is certain and you have the opportunity to practice new skills hard or soft. A second plus is the travelling involved. You may have a base location but the world is your oyster. Consultants in global organizations have the opportunity to work in different cities, countries or even continents each time.

The above positive characteristics can be easily transformed into negative. As a technology consultant, you may have to travel long distances each time and live for long period of time in various hotels. You may be very busy for a month whereas the next one, more relaxed because technology consulting works in cycles.

However, there is one reason which outweighs all positives or negatives and justifies why technology consulting is a good career choice: the presence of technology of course. Technology can help enterprises to work better and transform them so as be more productive and competitive. Technology if applied properly makes our lives easier. So this is it: I enjoy being a part of this transformation process. I enjoy being a technology consultant.

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your blog about this Why Technology Consulting? helped me a lot. Thank you! Master

Cheers! # Posted By sameer | 5/21/10 11:13 AM

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