Consulting Career
What does a technology consultant do day to day?
I'm considering technology consulting at a large firm and I'm not sure how technical the work really is. Do most technology consultants need to code, or is the day-to-day more focused on PowerPoint, Excel, client meetings and high-level technology strategy?
Ian’s Answer
Careful here! There are honestly so many different roles you could have here. There are so many different technology consultants and they have different roles in different companies.That said, you are very unlikely to have to do coding (unless you are coming in as an SAP consultant or a tech consultant like I was at Appian building large-scale enterprise systems).More likely than not, you will be working far more in powerpoint, word, and excel. This could be coming up with high-level strategies for tech topics, or implementation plans, etc. etc.It's very important that you 1) Network with these companies to better understand the role and 2) During the interview ask about the role itself and what's expected (yes, shocker, but an interview is as much about you interviewing them as them interviewing you!)