Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
What is a consultant?
Citation preview
IT Consultancy Abroad
Todor Gigilev Dreamix ltdwww.dreamix.eu
About Todor Senior Oracle Fusion Middleware consultant
Passionate about:
Entrepreneurship
Rock climbing
Snowboard
Volleyball
Proficient at:
Oracle Technologies✓
Database✓
✓Java EE
✓Standard web technologieswww.dreamix.eu
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.
www.dreamix.eu
Who has done it?● Acho● Ico● Stefan● Cvetelin● Yanev● Tosheto● Valery● Bobi
#dreamixabroad
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 EQHas good communication skills
www.dreamix.eu
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
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
Useful Tips: Make your life easier
● Do your homework–research before going there - Have some project/code references with you
● Know you have the whole #Dreamixteam behind your back - Know who to ask and be specific
www.dreamix.eu
Useful Tips: Become an expert
● Enjoy and communicate openly● Take the chance to improve yourself● Don't take yourself too seriously
www.dreamix.eu
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
