While EIS's unique environment holds special value for our clients, it
also offers a unique opportunity for individuals seeking a career that is
limited only by their ability and willingness to accept new challenges and
responsibilities. For starters, consider some of the advantages of a
consulting position when compared to the other types of employment
opportunities available within the field of Information Technology.
Product Development
This opportunity finds you working for an Information Technology
company building or supporting a particular software or hardware product.
Your technology experience is limited based on the design of the product
and your industry experience is tied to the your product's market.
Initial roles usually entail maintaining somebody else's code and can then
lead to projects developing new or enhanced revisions of the original
product.
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Some project-based
Some new development
Predictable, "9 to 5"
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DOWN SIDE
Limited technology
Limited industry exposure
Maintenance/Support
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Internal MIS
This opportunity finds you working for a company most likely not in the
Information Technology industry itself. Here, you'd be working on systems
that support your company's business. Again, technology experience is
limited to your company's architecture while roles and tasks are much the
same as product development. You do, however, get in-depth exposure to
the industry your company is involved in.
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In-depth industry exposure
Some new development
Predictable, "9 to 5"
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DOWN SIDE
Limited technology
Single industry exposure
Maintenance/Support
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Consulting
In this opportunity, you would be working for an Information Systems
company. Because consulting customers are not industry-centric, you are
exposed to many industries and many technologies. Consulting firms are
used to solve business problems, therefore, work is performed on a
project-basis. Plus, due to the costs, a client's own staff maintains and
supports existing systems, so your role would involve mostly new
development.
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Project-based
Unlimited industry exposure
Unlimited technology
Mostly new development
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Unpredictable hours
Unpredictable environment
Transient workforce
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Given the career advantages of consulting in general, let's consider the
specific advantages of EIS. From an organizational standpoint, we
maintain a dynamic and compressed structure. We view our organization as
a flat pool of talented resources and thus project needs are met without a
lot of politics. Emphasis is on roles, not job titles and capability
dictates the opportunity for responsibility on projects. For example, on
one project you may be an analyst, yet on the next project you may be a
developer. Throughout, you will have constant interaction with senior
personnel who are seasoned professionals with delivery experience and not
just non-technical project managers. Our goal for your career is not to
"pigeon-hole" you as a coder. To maximize success, we need people to take
on additional responsibility. Therefore, employee development is
paramount and is achieved through internal classes, computer based
training, a hands-on lab, and large amounts of side-by-side mentoring.
Bottom line: our product is our people and we're committed to providing a
top-notch product.
Furthermore, as an Information Technology professional, it is important
to ensure you keep up with the rapidly changing environment that our
industry is known for. Because of our commitment to our customers' long
term needs, our vendor neutrality, and because we're all really techie's
at heart, our mission includes a heavy dose of keeping EIS and you on the
leading edge of technology.
