Say that you’ve got two different job offers in front of you – one for a full-time tech position, and the other for a tech consulting gig. Do you know which one to choose? It’s a difficult choice, but comparing the two types of gigs by both their financial benefits and implications is one way[…]
When people first consider venturing into technical consulting, they weigh the pros and cons. The money they’ll make versus the lack of benefits. The starting of a new job every year versus corporate monotony. The one thing that technologists don’t often consider in these internal debates, however, is just how technical consulting advances your career.There[…]
You’ve got a stable, full-time technical job that you enjoy. You go to work, get paid and have both benefits and vacation time. There’s not much more you could ask for. But if you could ask for more, what would you want? More money? More variety? More time off? Would these things make your job[…]
We get this a lot. “Why would I EVER want to be a contract IT consultant and miss out on the perks of full-time employment?” That’s a fair question. But so is mine. “Why would you EVER want to miss out on the perks of being a contract IT consultant?’ Below are three reasons why[…]