“I have a great idea; let’s bring in an IT consultant.” “Terrific idea, we can let him/her gather the requirements for us. If he/she is fast enough, maybe we can have them do some of the coding as well. We might even get him/her to do all of the application development. “ “Those IT Consultants can do it all; they certainly get paid enough.”
I’m sometimes surprised about some of the perceptions about consulting, but perhaps I shouldn’t be. A few months ago I was talking about Perception = Reality. Even my fellow blogger, Matt Warman had something to say about IT consulting.
The reality is that consultants are people too. I personally believe that if you’re in an IT position, IT consulting is a great way to go. In my perfect world, IT consulting offers a way to advance one’s skills and to get experience at a variety of companies. The problem is the world is not perfect and in today’s environment the line has really blurred between IT consulting and what I would call IT staffing.
IT staffing is getting more and more commoditized and who would want to have a career in a commodity business?
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