文档介绍：A Career in Consulting puter Science Majors
Vince DeGiulio
Accenture - Associate Partner
Purdue CS ‘87
Types of Consultants
Application Programmer
System Administrator
Technical Specialist
IT Consultant/Analyst
Application Programmer
Description
Hired Guns of Programming - Contractor
Many Languages/Tools
Project Types
Application Development
Application Maintenance
Project Duration: Several Months to Years
Clients: Usually panies
Demand: Always High, but Requires Periodic Re-tooling of Skills
System Administrator
Description
Provide Technical/User Support
Project Types
Set up/Maintain LANs, PCs, User IDs, etc.
Install Software
Support Help Desks
Project Duration: Years or Multiple Clients at Once
Clients: Large and panies
Demand: High, Increasing panies Look More to Outsource Support Functions
Technical Specialist
Description
Expert in Specific Technology/Product (ie. Web Development, Object Oriented)
Project Types
Application Development/Maintenance
Performance Reviews
Product Sales Support
Project Duration: Days to Few Months
Clients: Large and panies
Demand: High when Specialty is Hot
IT Consultant/Analyst
Description
Client’s Partner - True “Consultant”
Solve Business Problems through Technology
Project Types
Business Application Development
Technology Strategies
Project Duration: Many Months to Years
Clients: Usually panies
Demand: High
Consulting = Variety
Technologies/Vendor Software
Industries/Clients
Applications
Geographic Locations
Responsibilities
People
Technologies/Vendor Software
Technologies Change - Only Limited by Yourself
Not Limited to panies Products
Your Degree Suited for this Variety
My Experiences
Different DBMS (Oracle, DB2, Sybase, Teradata, MS-Access, IMS)
Different Platforms (Mainframes, Servers, PCs)
Different Languages (HTML, C, Visual Basic, COBOL, Vendor Specific)
Industries/Clients
What’s an Industry?
Type of Work can Vary by Industry
Can Change Industries/Clients Frequently
My Experiences
Insurance/Financial Service