After a few years of personal turmoil, life brings me back to the forum again. Repeated instances of being assigned projects that are doomed to failure have finally pushed me over the edge - it's time for me to shift my focus on the future.
I'm now faced with the same question that everyone faces at some point: what the hell should I really be doing?
I have been in the tech field for years, although I do not consider myself an 'expert'. There are plenty of people out there that are better at writing code than I am. What I am good at is solving problems, and not just tech related ones. I can build a house or rebuild an engine just as well as I can write an app or migrate a database. Everything I am good at I learned by doing - by having some kind of problem to solve. I'm good with analyzing things, researching, developing processes. Explaining something or presenting complex ideas to people in a way that is easily understandable is second nature to me.
I seem to be good at looking at things from a higher level, finding the necessary resources or tools, and putting those tools or processes together to solve the problem.
While I could succeed as an IT or tech consultant, I would eventually become bored or frustrated facing the same kind of crap I deal with at my job. Helping people grow, expand, and scale their business using technology is something I can see myself becoming obsessed with.
After being in the bubble of a small, highly-specialized tech company for many years, I don't know what you would call someone who does this kind of stuff. A business process consultant? Some kind of generic business consultant? I'm lost on the terminology here.
I'm now faced with the same question that everyone faces at some point: what the hell should I really be doing?
I have been in the tech field for years, although I do not consider myself an 'expert'. There are plenty of people out there that are better at writing code than I am. What I am good at is solving problems, and not just tech related ones. I can build a house or rebuild an engine just as well as I can write an app or migrate a database. Everything I am good at I learned by doing - by having some kind of problem to solve. I'm good with analyzing things, researching, developing processes. Explaining something or presenting complex ideas to people in a way that is easily understandable is second nature to me.
I seem to be good at looking at things from a higher level, finding the necessary resources or tools, and putting those tools or processes together to solve the problem.
While I could succeed as an IT or tech consultant, I would eventually become bored or frustrated facing the same kind of crap I deal with at my job. Helping people grow, expand, and scale their business using technology is something I can see myself becoming obsessed with.
After being in the bubble of a small, highly-specialized tech company for many years, I don't know what you would call someone who does this kind of stuff. A business process consultant? Some kind of generic business consultant? I'm lost on the terminology here.
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