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The area I see these firms get a ton of work is in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) work. TONS of companies run their HR / Finance / Sales / etc departments o
by ragona 7y ago
The area I see these firms get a ton of work is in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) work. TONS of companies run their HR / Finance / Sales / etc departments on things like Salesforce and Oracle and whatever, and there are huge numbers of consultants whose jobs are to build custom installations over and over. I've never worked in the field, but my wife did. It's definitely reaaaally different from the way that the rest of the software industry works.
- pm90 7y agoIts also a hugely lucrative ones for people who like working in Software as a job as opposed to Software Developers who like programming, enjoy the craft etc. Not to say that such people aren't good at their craft; just that they're more vocational: they understand certain technologies and know many different ways to configure them which is what businesses need and pay them good money for. It can also be a stressful one if the tech you're familiar with goes out of style. Lots of re-training involved, years of experience is basically worthless, etc.
- ragona 7y agoYeah, when I first encountered the field I was quite confused. I’d interview developers who had worked for years, but only knew about really weirdly narrow areas of SAP or whatever and definitely couldn’t display the kinds of skills that we usually evaluate for. It’s so different as to feel like a completely different field; we just happen to share titles.