I noticed that a lot of people on HN have side-businesses that operate in the form of a consultancy. What do you do as a consultant? Is it always programming? or are there other niches you can carve out and create a business for?
Ask HN: What do you do as IT consultants?
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#2If you get really good at a specific product, there is usually someone out there that needs some help. For example Checkpoint firewall, or another IT Security product...
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#3i'd like to talk about this with someone. Give me a call if you're interested.
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#4statistical consulting. Clients so far have ranged from finance startups to soft drinks companies. Programming is more of a means to an ends than anything.
Finding your niche is easy. Finding clients in your niche is like climbing Mt. Everest
Re: Ask HN: What do you do as IT consultants?
#5Security consulting. More specifically, I help companies adopt data-driven approaches to collection and analysis + help security companies with their threat intelligence products.