Any benefits of doing longer term projects (1-3 years)? The longest project I've ever done was 5 months and it got a little boring towards the end. Currently weighing offers to join firms that would staff me on specific projects, and they're all expected to go multiple years and I would be expected to stay on for at least 1 year. What would be some things to watch out for and ask, if you were trying to see if a long term project is a good choice?

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Benefit is you can actually be an expert in something (rather than just claiming you’re an expert).

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Every project I’ve been on at Accenture has been at least a year. I’m not a huge fan. Bad clients are just bad for longer. You get bored at good clients. I can’t really think of a way that they’re better other than the fact that your utilization will be consistent and planning vacations long term is easier.

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Benefits are that you can build a routine for a longer time period and possibly the fact that you will become an SME, depending on the project.

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I have worked on many greenfield projects lasting just several months until delivery, often with next phases a few months after. These were always fun and prestigious but I got tired of the switchtasking between other projects when an emergency maintenance came up. Just offboard a long-term project after two years and have built good connections at the client and been enjoying the project. Good thing is that the project is more mature and there’s a full team still active at the client and the project is in good hands.

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