Comment Consultant (Score 0) 284
If you've got a broad range of experience accross a variety of fields I'd personally say your best bet isn't to give up 90% of your knowledge and try to focus on one area but to istead consider something that wants you to know abit about everything but doesn't need you to be specialised.
A consultant for instance will go into the company and give them overall IT information and what they need to do with some technical details but people will not expect him to get down and debug and fine tune the DB - they leave that to the DB who just then acts on the recommendations of the consultant.
The other thing is that something like consultancy gives you alot more people interaction, company dinners, trips, etc than just being stuck behind a desk as a DBA or programmer.
I've mainly focussed on sys admin type work previously but am now sliding into consultancy and am already noticing the huge improvement. I've had 2 overseas business trips - both of which I extended and turned into a free holiday for me right after the trip and I get to expense a hell of a lot more stuff now and actually get 'perks' to the job - something a sys admin / dba type will rarely get.
A consultant for instance will go into the company and give them overall IT information and what they need to do with some technical details but people will not expect him to get down and debug and fine tune the DB - they leave that to the DB who just then acts on the recommendations of the consultant.
The other thing is that something like consultancy gives you alot more people interaction, company dinners, trips, etc than just being stuck behind a desk as a DBA or programmer.
I've mainly focussed on sys admin type work previously but am now sliding into consultancy and am already noticing the huge improvement. I've had 2 overseas business trips - both of which I extended and turned into a free holiday for me right after the trip and I get to expense a hell of a lot more stuff now and actually get 'perks' to the job - something a sys admin / dba type will rarely get.
