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Hi Everyone,
Need your suggestions please
I come from a cyber strategy background with very little technical experience.
I want to make a shift towards Devsecops,
Could anyone please suggest what is the best way to build the needed skills /do projects online for the relevant experience?,
Thanks,thanks a lot in advance,!
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You have friends as a consultant? Impressive.
Make pretty slides and get numbers to say what the angry man wants them to say
I just tell them I do project based work to help companies solve their business problems.
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in theory: “help companies solve business problems.”
in practice: “make my silly little powerpoints and clickity crack away on my silly little computer and use silly little words like ‘circle back’ and ‘optimize’.”
OW, it is indeed possible to have a sense of humor about your job. try it!
Stole this from Reddit I always use it to explain to my friends…
In general, a consultant is someone that is paid to advise someone (or a company) about a specific task. Usually, it would be because the client does not have enough experience or knowledge on a specific field to be able to make a decision.
For example, a company might need a new internal phone system. They've seen adverts for a whole bunch of different systems, VoIP, SIP, microcells, etc. They have heard the salesman talk their book. However, they still don't really understand what they need, or what to buy.
One option would be to hire a consultant who is an expert on phone systems. You would have a long discussion with the consultant, explaning what you need, the consultant would know all the technologies and their advantages and disadvantages. They would make a recommendation on what to buy, and they would provide advice on how to configure it (or configure it for you).
It's not just about buying things, it might be about something you do in your own work, which needs an expert to come in for a short period of time. You might have a company design an electronic product, but you need a very complex circuit designed for it which requires special knowledge. You might get a consultant in to do that specific bit of the design.
It can also be about management. There may be some sort of productivity problem at work, and management can't work out why. So, you can get a specialist management consultant in try to figure out why, and tell them how to fix the problem.
i feel like you just explained what i do to myself
I do jobs for companies/government organizations that are shorter term and it wouldn’t make sense for them to hire someone in perpetuity for it
We are the therapists for businesses :)
I tell people I’m the business equivalent of an escort. Will do anything the buyer wants, within reason.
Consultants love to pretend they do groundbreaking work and will describe it as such
I analyze whether they’re doing a good job or not and tell them how to do it better on a PPT.
There’s this really funny Instagram video:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CTX_XvpnA-R/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Sums our life up
"we yassify companies in their flop eras"
I've come to the conclusion that I can say whatever I want, really. Frame it any way you want. Whether you want to put yourself in a good or a humble light - that's what it really comes down to.
Companies hire me to solve their problems.
Part of being a consultant is being able to explain complex things in layman’s terms. As a tech consultant I help clients tailor their business processes to work with the technology they’ve invested in
In public sector. I say a federal
Agency hires our firm to solve a problem or be an anchor of support for the agency.
Doctor for corporations.
I make other people a lot of money.
Lmao this is such an old trope. All you do is say you are paid to go in to companies and solve/analyze problems they either can’t do or don’t have the resources to do themselves.
I’m tired of the clickbait memes
i move boxes on screens