From Developer to Consultant
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The document outlines the role and responsibilities of IT consultants, highlighting their expertise in Oracle technologies and essential skills like problem-solving and communication. It emphasizes the importance of teamwork, respect, and preparation when engaging with clients. Additionally, it provides tips for earning respect, becoming an expert, and effective collaboration.
From Developer to Consultant
- 1. IT Consultancy Abroad Todor Gigilev Dreamix ltd www.dreamix.eu
- 2. About Todor Senior Oracle Fusion Middleware consultant Passionate about: Entrepreneurship Rock climbing Snowboard Volleyball Proficient at: ✓Oracle Technologies ✓Database ✓Java EE ✓Standard web technologies www.dreamix.eu
- 3. What is a consultant? www.dreamix.eu www.dreamix.eu
- 4. What Consultants Do? • Work with clients to determine requirements and define the scope of a project; • Travel to customer sites; • Analyse IT requirements within companies and giving independent and objective advice on the use of IT; • Present solutions and implement new systems; • Prepare documentation and presenting progress reports to customers; • Organize training for users and other consultants; • Identify potential clients and building and maintaining contacts.
- 5. Who has done it? ● Acho ● Ico ● Stefan ● Cvetelin ● Yanev ● Tosheto ● Valery ● Bobi #dreamixabroad
- 6. Who can be a consultant? Everybody that is: ● Expert in one technology and has good understanding of the basics of (web)programming ● Has great problem-solving thinking • High EQ • Has good communication skills www.dreamix.eu
- 7. How it works ● Immediate start (1 week to pack the luggage) ● 1st encounter in the office - No 2nd time for first impression - Be confident & Connect with everybody - Sometimes you are representing other company ● It is always team work - Diplomacy vs Respect others - Be friends, not colleagues ● Always ready to show results www.dreamix.eu
- 8. Useful Tips – Earn Respect ● Know your story and present it ● Give advice based on REAL PROJECTS - "in my last project for .... we did this, because.." - throw some company names www.dreamix.eu
- 9. Useful Tips: Make your life easier ● Do your homework–research before going there - Have some project/code references with you ● Know you have a whole #Dreamixteam behind your back - Know who to ask and be specific www.dreamix.eu
- 10. Useful Tips: Become an expert ● Enjoy and communicate openly ● Take the chance to improve yourself ● Don't take yourself too seriously www.dreamix.eu
- 11. Useful Tips: Working with others ● Do not over-commit - Promise only what you can deliver ● Ask for details and use it to socialize with others ● Ask high-level "smart" questions - “Do you use TDD“, “”What is your development cycle?” ● Validate your output www.dreamix.eu