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by softwaredoug
1708 days ago
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OP here, I left consulting a bit more than a year ago after doing it for 8 years. * Listening is huge. * And knowing how to 'hedge' when having opinions also huge. Like venturing an opinion as a question or using "forgive my ignorance, let me ask a stupid question" You're probably not going to have the 'big idea' that saves them. But rather, your role is often to help the client have the big idea and own it. You're kind of a therapist for them/the org to think through something. You'll never has as much context as they do on their org/tech specific challenges. But you can help them by bringing outside perspective and ideas. I sort of did a retrospective on my time as a consultant on my personal blog which might help https://softwaredoug.com/blog/2020/12/22/hack-your-career-wi... |
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