What the difference between Consulting and Contracting
In regards to programming, what is the difference between being a contractor, and a consultant? ...
consultant
How does one become a consultant?
I hear stories about the mythical "Highly Paid Consultant". They are the people who the corporate bigwigs call in to design and implement the huge, mission-critical systems that will make or break the business. Let's assume that I was an expert in some field of computers (I'm not, but let's just assume). How would I become a consultant?...
Finding the right Consultant
We're trying to find a consultant to help us deal with problems that we're experiencing with our framework selection. How can we tell if a prospective consultant will provide the experience and knowledge we need? Our particular framework is Seam, but any experience on selecting a consultant is appreciated. ...
Should I take some work on the side?
I was just leaving a client site today after fixing a few problems and they seemed pretty happy because one of they guys asked me if I want to do any work on the side (outside the consulting company I work for). Do you think this is too risky a proposition to take up even if the work is unrelated to what my company was doing there? ...
Reponsibilities of Biztalk Consultant
Hi, Can any one please tell what should be the reponsibitlities of a biztalk consultant we want to hire on migration of our exisiting biztalk based solution...any help... thanks in advance regards ...
Economic Downturn and businesses that deal with innovation projects - what to do?
The effects of the current economic crisis is far reaching. Here in Australia we are seeing massive cut backs on spending and massive job cuts in big business - mining giant Rio Tinto has just announced 14,000 jobs being cut world wide (~2/3 contractors, 1/3 employees). My business specialises in short term innovative software developm...
Will consultants be moved into the cloud as well?
I have a theory. There is a definate shift towards cloud computing, and the big players believe there is marketshare worth having in this space. But how long before organisations start downsizing their internal development teams? Is it more cost effective to hire a consultant for a period of time for a project as opposed to keeping staf...
what interview questions should you ask of a user experience (ux) developer/designer
We are hiring a UX consultant, had a broadstrokes session with the company, liked their work, think the candidates are ok and now want a more concentrated interview with the specific UX consultant that will be embedded into the scrum team. What questions should be asking that could weed out any dead weight candidates. Thanks. ...
How do you make yourself stand out as a consultant?
How do you make yourself as a consultant stand out from the others? It's frustrating trying to learn how to market yourself when everyone and their brother is advertising themselves as an SEO expert and/or website developer. I don't want to come off as elitest, but I've seen some sites done by local companies that, frankly, would mak...
Standing out from the crowd when applying job
Because of the economic crises in this country, getting job has been more difficult. Because of that I am looking for good suggestions for ways to build a portfolio on a hobby basis, so that I can show it on a possible interview. Type of job I'm looking for is basically IT consultant / system administrator area. I’m not sure what of s...