Good morning everyone,

I had a question and was looking for some advice. I have eight years experience; three of those I've lead our offshore development teams architecting and implementing solutions.

My bachelor's is in Information Systems; I have certificates in Data Analytics and Agile Project Management. I am also an AWS certified architect.

I would like to get into the consulting world. Any suggestions on the types of roles and companies I should be applying to?

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WHY WOULD YOU EVER WANT TO DO THAT? Why?

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Obviously to get paid

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I post my resume everywhere and see who wants me. I screen the most promising leads. I found that networking and applying for jobs gave poor results for time spent. Concentrate on marketing material (high quality resume/profiles) You’re the product. If you were selling widgets would you target one customer at a time, or market to millions? About 20 recruiters contact me every day. 0.2% of those leads are quality companies that need help. Companies like, Accenture, Deloitte, Capgemini, EPAM, lots of smaller fish. Screen them quickly, salary range, client, location, JD. Do nothing until you have that. There are consulting organizations as well Google, AWS, Microsoft. They like to see consulting on your resume. Like you Industry jobs bore me. I avoid the lower tier large body shops, places like Infosys, Wipro, TaTa. Each type of company has its pros and cons. Some are more engineering focused, some are better strategists, and some you gotta prove your value every day. I’ve had good luck with boutique firms with a good reputation. For me it’s more about a good culture fit and some WLB. Some of the top tier companies are absolutely miserable to work at. Also try to get some insight into the practice. Places like Accenture are so big that we could have completely different experiences. Read those reviews!

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Thank you for your response and advice! I will definitely take into consideration when making my next move.

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