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navlondon
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 Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 3:28 pm Post subject: Career as a Technical Consultant |
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I’m 24 years old and graduated with a BSc in Computing 2 years ago. Since then I have worked as a software support consultant for 12 months which was very technical and now i am working in web design using HTML, CSS, PHP and grahpic packages but I am very keen to learn .NET and become a technical consultant because i enjoy a client facing role.
I dont have good programming skills but i have seen some job roles for technical consultants which state graduates with software development
skills, preferably with MS .NET but skills and experience are less important than the ability & willingness to learn new skills and an aptitude for programming but these roles dont come up often 
I have been offered a role for a project support officer and do you think it would help towards getting a role in technical consultancy as i do not want to go down project management path??
Would it make it more difficult to get back into technical consulting if i was to take this role because i will not be learning any technical skills from it?
What sort of things should i be looking to do to progress my career?
I have read consultants are normally 28 under when they start off and consultancy's dont recruit often once over 30..is this true???
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StefanJechel
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You must develop for yourself two skills category:
- Technical skills (as you said mostly .NET)
- Communication skills
and at the same time increase your experience.
What I would try to do if I would be in your shoes would be to get a job in one of the two areas; and follow some specializations in the second one. For example: find a job as a public consultant (not necessarily technical consultant), and in the mean time try to follow a university an obtain a master / post-universitary degree / specialization in .NET. |
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vaibhavbansal
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