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Technical Consulting to Software Engineering

  • 02-07-2018 1:33pm
    #1
    jakethesnack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16 ✭


    Hi Guys,

    Just a quick question. I am currently in a position as a Senior Technical Consultant with 7 years experience now. I am 29 years old and currently I am earning 70k. I have done consulting and development work in Siebel, Java and Salesforce and I am currently searching for jobs. I am finding that I am applying for jobs as a Software Engineer and while I think I am qualified it seems that I am not getting too many responses or having much luck.

    Is it possible that I would need to take a paycut to switch to a pure Software Engineering role. I just find consulting a bit bull**** artisty and don't really like it anymore. All my colleagues are finding new and better jobs with big payrises. I have done a few interviews now but didn't really get anywhere. Do companies not hire former consultants to do software engineer roles. I really enjoy development work and want to make the switch.


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  • #2
    14ned
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 768 ✭✭✭14ned


    The very first thing I asked when reading your post is "What is a Senior Technical Consultant? What does that even mean?"

    Did others react the same way as me?

    Edit: Google told me after clicking around a bit, and now I know exactly what one is. But I'll not reply here until we see if others reacted same way as I did.


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  • #4
    jakethesnack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16 ✭jakethesnack


    Ok. Good question. Maybe that is the start of the problem. That is the job title I have.

    Essentially we go to clients gather requirements and consult them. Consulting can be anything from advising which platform to use to designing and customising said platforms to fulfil business requirements.

    We are familiar with lots of the IT landscapes of our customers are are able to advise them on how to expand in the future or add new functionality and where and how it would be best achieved.

    Each project is different. Some projects I have done business design and wrote requirements for the technical team to implement. In other projects I have went to the client, gathered the requirements and ended up doing huge parts of the development work in Java/Salesforce or Siebel or whatever.

    I think part of the problem is lots of recruiters see the job title and assume I am not suited. I am more interested in the dev part of the role now that the consulting. Consulting involves lots of travel often to Europe or Asia.


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  • #6
    jakethesnack
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    Right. I already have some useful feedback. I need to make it more clear that I am really a developer. I need to change my title on my CV.

    I studied Bachelor and Masters Degree in Computer Science. Graduated in 2011. Then got a job in consultancy since then. I worked in a project for 3 years in China but didn't do development which is fair enough. After I stopped that I did different development roles since 2016. I did Java and some test automation with Siebel. Worked quite a fair bit with Salesforce and Apex. Then also did some Java / Spring MVC web applications as part of a 5 man team.

    I think the issue is I have been working constantly on different technologies. Siebel at the beginning and now in the last 2 years half Java and half Salesforce. I am starting to think I might have been better just sticking with one stack and going for it. Is my skillset a bit too strange for employers?


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    jakethesnack
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    What is the best way to ensure my CV gets passed the HR drones and to somebody technical?


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    jakethesnack
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    Good thinking. But modifying CV for every job application seems like huge effort. But if it has to be done, it has to be done.


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  • #12
    experiMental
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    You need a Github profile, which shows your code and the quality of your algorithms. If you want to be a good developer, you will have to be able to take any problem that is given to you, break it down and create an algorithm that solves it. 

    If you have learned Computer Science, then re-visit some of your studies and implement algorithms into any project of your choice - whether it is open source, a small side-project or your own start-up. 

    If you have experience in working with different technologies, then it's a positive sign because it shows that you have an ability to learn them quickly.


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