Questions tagged [consultants]
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Arguments to continue consultancy job instead of being employed
I have started my own consultancy company. I have found a client for whom I have been working full time now for a few months. Since I am a consultant, I choose my own salary. I am not part of any ...
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Reasonable OKR for software developer contractor?
I work as a software developer at a company that is in the business of lending developers to other companies. Internally there's a yearly performance evaluation process where we (as employees) are ...
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Recording the online meetings
I often take online meetings with my clients to provide them technical consultation. They’re all audio-- no video. We sometimes share screens also. Mostly my client shares his/hers, and sometimes the ...
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After getting laid off, should I wait for the corona pandemic to pass before applying for a new job? [closed]
Backstory: In my country, as in most countries I presume, there is a big shortage of engineers and software people, and companies are desperately trying to reel in as many as possible. (At least, this ...
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Consultant Travel Fees
I do some consulting work and have been asked to travel to a customer site several times per year over the next few years. I know the tier one consultants bill a percentage of the total contract ...
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401k to lower tax burden without matching contribution
Employer has suggested to opt for 401k to lower tax burden. I am on work H1b and my employer is not matching contribution. Should go for 401k or not?
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Promise of conversion from contingent to full time employee, however package and deadline are unclear
I work at a company X which keeps two types of employees, one as contingent workers(people from different organization but working for X) and another as full time employees who are X's own hires.
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How can I better communicate possible pitfalls?
In about a decade of working as a full-stack software developer, I've found that through experience I'm easily able to predict well ahead how things could possibly "go wrong". Most of the time I can ...
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Is there a definitive guide on what consulting is for developers? [closed]
For years I have been doing what I thought was consulting work, basically an independent contractor and those companies would say I was their consultant, but recently I have learned about a guy who ...
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How to resolve situation with less specialised senior dictating how to do my job when he doesn't like the solution?
I'm a software developer with about 10 years experience, working as a consultant since end of last year, through an agency that put me with my first client where I've now been for half a year.
The ...
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Questioning the usefulness of a one-day business trip
Previously this week I've been sent on a one-day business trip along with a 4y senior colleague, Bob. We work at a consultancy firm in IT and the aim of the trip was fixing some issues at our client's ...
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Will I get a raise in a contract-to-hire position? [closed]
Sorry if this question has been asked and if so please share any links with me.
Currently I am working in a contract to hire position and my manager through the final company has already spoken to ...
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Is there a 'programming buddy' type service that exists ? [closed]
I am not sure how to ask this but the situation is I have a job where I do everything myself but once in awhile I will get stuck on small pieces and spend hours trying to find the answer that I am ...
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Consulting companies - how much the end client knows about how much I am paid?
My questions refer to "consulting companies" in the programming field in the US.
When I work for an end client through such a consulting company, does the end client usually know/care how much the ...
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How to deal with an arranged meeting with an unknown consultant?
So, my boss told me that I should meet with this guy, who will help us with any hardware/software challenges that we have. I asked a bit what he means, and I got an idea of what he wants me to discuss ...
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HR is not replying after selected and submitted EAF for 2 months [closed]
HR from a giant company is not replying after selected and submitted EAF for 3 months.1 month ago when I called them they told them on processing.I asked them how much time required for processing. ...
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How to not "clutter up" one's OS with software for client projects? [closed]
Or, more elaborately: How to work as a consultant without "cluttering up" one's (Windows) OS with more or less temporary installations of all sorts of software necessary for client projects?
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What does software engineer(laterals) means? [closed]
I was about to apply to position in company careers page. But they have mentioned software engineer(laterals). I don't have an idea about this. What does this mean?
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Bored during low workload phase [duplicate]
I work as an IT consultant at a large company in a open space office. I am the only developer here who is responsible for a product which has a small part in a larger environment. We soon have a ...
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Do companies provide external help/consultancy when an employee face problem in projects? [closed]
I have been working on a project since 7 months. This is my first job. I am the one responsible for the project as no one in my office is from this domain. My project includes 5 modules and I have ...
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Does experience gained by working as a consultant to a Fortune 500 company count?
I started my career in a Fortune 500 company and then quit my job after 3 years and made a career change from manufacturing to IT software development.
But I have joined a not so famous company which ...
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Why do some companies prefer consultants over salaried employees?
I am curious as to why a company would rather hire consultants over salaried employees. Aren't consultants more expensive, since there is usually the middleman consultancy firm in between?
And why ...
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How can I determine how much to talk about my personal life with clients? [closed]
I'm working as a consultant via a large consulting firm.
I'm curious as to the personal relationship I should have with my new lead at the client-side.
For example, suppose I'm working on a ...
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Motivating yourself at new clients
I'm relatively new when it comes to the consulting side of things.
My previous work experience was in smallish companies, ranging from 200 to 8 employees.
Now after almost a decade of being employed ...
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Job position with questionable terms - What to do [closed]
I have just applied to a position posted but have concerns with some of their job requirements. This position is a business consultant position. One of the requirements is a 3 month training program ...
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Group work experience as a consultant on resume?
A friend asked me for help to translate her resume. At first her experience seems fractured (lot of short term positions), but after reading it a couple of times I noticed that these were as a ...
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Who is responsible to purchase 3rd party tools/licenses? [closed]
I have a question. I'm a contractor working for a sw development company (let's call it "ABC Dev"). They are outsourcing me to other companies to do .net development. One of these client projects ...
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State in the contract that software developer delivers only binary code not source code? [closed]
Is it resulting by the assumtion I was hired by a company as software developer then I have to give source code to the payer?
As a software developer once I had the impression that partner company ...
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Somebody hit my car at the client's carpark
A couple of days ago, I noticed someone had clipped my car in the underground carpark at work. I work as a consultant in the building of a client. The carpark is available only for the client's ...
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Third party employment : Good or Bad [closed]
I have been working on payrolls of an IT giant. But my growth has been stalled here. I have got offer for a job via third party. Though they are paying me more but I am sceptical about third party ...
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What's a good way to qualify offshore consultants?
I've been tasked with interviewing several offshore consultants in sequence for proper job skills, and given a short amount of time to prepare. I've got 6 candidates to interview. I get a half hour ...
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Slow days for a full-time consulting job [closed]
I work remotely as a consultant for a tech company. I also go to college. Last summer I worked 9 to 5 every day, and I was constantly busy with a system they needed built. Over the school year I ...
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Forwarding my client appreciation notes to a new manager
My present manager is moving to a different team at the end of the month. I have received a few client appreciation notes last week.
What is more professional? Should I assume that my outgoing ...
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How do I determine what percentage of a billed rate should a software consultant be paid? [closed]
I've worked for a consulting company for about five years and have been doing more work on contracts and budgets. I was surprised to see that my billed rate was more than 50% more than my salary.
I ...
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Interviewees won't show up for personal or face to face round of Interview
I am working in a consultancy or agency in which we will catch a client and get a job description. After that I clearly read the description and search for the candidates in job portals.
I call the ...
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Best way to list consulting/contracting experice on resume/linkedin
About one year ago I started working at a software development consulting company. Since then I have had many engagements and my resume is growing (length-wise) at a rapid rate. I have just quit my ...
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Which company to mention in Job Title for a Consultant [duplicate]
I am currently working as a consultant from one company (my Parent company on whose payroll I am) to another company (where I actually work, my parent company's client). What I actually work on, ...
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What is the Main differences between consultant role and Contractor Role? [closed]
I am currently working as contractor to the client from Outsourcing Organization. I have got a latest job offer from consulting organization. And the role is consultant. Here my question is What is ...
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Regaining trust from management and breaking chain of command to report positive information [closed]
A while ago I was inspired by a blog that I saw linked here and cannot seem to locate in my favorites list, but it was in effect a diary of a software engineer taking on a new job at a dysfunctional ...
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