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Yes. Consultant is the term for that :)

by tzaman 13y ago

rfnslyr 13y ago
I prefer "<field> Wizard" myself.
fat0wl 13y ago
Yeah corporate consultancies are great. Rates are good. Only have to search for new projects when you feel like it. Time for freelancing on the side. Takes a little time to adjust to the varying paces of diff corps (some real slow, some real fast). But yeah if mine were remote, I would be in heaven. But there are so many enterprise Java-haters in the world now... won't sit well with them. Rubbed me the wrong way at first cuz I was coming from RoR & open source stuff to enterprise package software. When I realized that "front-end dev" meant not touching the codebase outside of HTML mocks & javascript POCs, I got really annoyed. But I took a little mental vacation, got more involved in solving implementation difficulties, then the project ended & because of the coding prowess I displayed I got moved to full-stack feature upgrade/maintanenance, and started a new project as a web service developer (never done it) based on managerial faith alone. I think a lot of these job choices just have to do with delayed/immediate gratification. Corporate is delayed, comes in the form of eventual big $$ or leverage to get into a real interesting position elsewhere. Startup/freelance is open-source fast-paced immediate gratification but poses its own set of problems. In my experience the open source dev work I've done is more of a technical feat, but the discipline required for Java web services is making my mind sharp in a way that RoR wasn't. In a strange sense, there is less action but more discipline.
pmelendez 13y ago
How can you get "consultant" jobs? Before emigrating, it was somehow easy to find those kind of jobs through my network. But after moving to another country I haven't found those kind of jobs anymore. Any tips?
- karmajunkie 13y ago
  You just said it—"through my network." Those jobs come because your network does the business development networking for you. Build that again, and the jobs will come. It's hard to start out, when you're so worried about getting enough that you keep yourself busy. But take a coffee appt whenever you can, give free advice if it doesn't cost you more than the time you'd spend on lunch anyway. I can't tell you how many clients I've worked with because I was referred by somebody I helped out at a coworking spot over a water cooler conversation.

Yes. Consultant is the term for that :)

by tzaman 13y ago

Yes. Consultant is the term for that :)

rfnslyr 13y ago

I prefer "<field> Wizard" myself.

fat0wl 13y ago

Yeah corporate consultancies are great. Rates are good. Only have to search for new projects when you feel like it. Time for freelancing on the side. Takes a little time to adjust to the varying paces of diff corps (some real slow, some real fast). But yeah if mine were remote, I would be in heaven. But there are so many enterprise Java-haters in the world now... won't sit well with them. Rubbed me the wrong way at first cuz I was coming from RoR & open source stuff to enterprise package software. When I realized that "front-end dev" meant not touching the codebase outside of HTML mocks & javascript POCs, I got really annoyed. But I took a little mental vacation, got more involved in solving implementation difficulties, then the project ended & because of the coding prowess I displayed I got moved to full-stack feature upgrade/maintanenance, and started a new project as a web service developer (never done it) based on managerial faith alone. I think a lot of these job choices just have to do with delayed/immediate gratification. Corporate is delayed, comes in the form of eventual big $$ or leverage to get into a real interesting position elsewhere. Startup/freelance is open-source fast-paced immediate gratification but poses its own set of problems. In my experience the open source dev work I've done is more of a technical feat, but the discipline required for Java web services is making my mind sharp in a way that RoR wasn't. In a strange sense, there is less action but more discipline.

pmelendez 13y ago

How can you get "consultant" jobs? Before emigrating, it was somehow easy to find those kind of jobs through my network. But after moving to another country I haven't found those kind of jobs anymore. Any tips?

karmajunkie 13y ago
You just said it—"through my network." Those jobs come because your network does the business development networking for you. Build that again, and the jobs will come. It's hard to start out, when you're so worried about getting enough that you keep yourself busy. But take a coffee appt whenever you can, give free advice if it doesn't cost you more than the time you'd spend on lunch anyway. I can't tell you how many clients I've worked with because I was referred by somebody I helped out at a coworking spot over a water cooler conversation.