Realizing I either don’t have the capacity or the interest to become an expert in the very technical aspects of the data consulting world, but I think I’m a reasonable generalist and a good consultant - where do I go from here?

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I can code in a number of languages, know how to consult, lead meetings, engage with the client and do the functional things, but I don’t know enough about the best practices and very nitty gritty involved in taking something through to production, which I feel is due to the fact that I never started in development, whereas the other consultants I work with did.

Are there any positions that I might be able to do well in? Maybe like technical program management, but I think I’d like to be more functional. Product management would be good, but seems very tough to break into.

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PMO it is!

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Technical business analyst, technical writer

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Data product manager

Easy. Functional team instead of technical team

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