One of the advantages to a small conference is the ability to take attendee feedback and put it in place during the conference. We actually made time for the attendees to pick topics they wanted to discuss and this episodes comes from one of our attendees Aaron Hayes.
It can be very tempting to think of the good life of consulting. I almost liken it to playing the lottery--what am I going to do with all that time and money? While the odds on successful consulting are a bit higher than the lottery, just saying you are a consultant won't automatically bring in the clients.
The reasons data professionals get into consulting are varied and in this episode we are joined by Randolph West and Jonathan Stewart, former podcast guests, to talk about the reasons we started consulting and some of the challenges along with our decision.
From my own personal experience, working for yourself--whether you consider yourself a contractor or a consultant--is very rewarding but demanding work. There is no one to tell you want to do, but there are very few security nets as well. One of the most important ideas I can suggest for those who want to own their own business is--forget the technology, how are you going to help other people? If you are ok with the idea of focusing on others, then there are great opportunities in store.
Do you have thoughts about jumping into technology? Let us know in the comments below.
The show notes from today's episode can be found at http://sqldatapartners.com/2017/10/20/episode-114-how-do-you-start-consulting. Have fun on the SQL trail!
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Episode 75 Storage Testing
Episode 74: 2016 Year in Review
Episode 73: Performance Tuning
Episode 72: Test Automation in BI
Episode 71: BI Tools of the Trade
Episode 70 SQL Server on Linux
Episode 69: Our SQL Server Setup Checklist
Episode 68: SSIS Administration
Episode 67 Dear Developer
Episode 66: Microsoft's Professional Program
Episode 65: Do you have good data architecture?
Episode 64: Certifications and Career Development
Episode 63: New Data AvailabilityFeatures in SQL Server 2016
Episode 62: Ask Me Anything--Cortana Intelligence Suite
Episode 61: The Debrief
Episode 60: What is U-SQL?
Episode 59: Mirroring, Availability Groups, Replication, and Log shipping
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