Information Systems Consultant

What it takes to become a Information Systems Consultant?

For the most part a good understanding of computers to start with. This alone will not be enough however.

An associates degree in IT would be a very good start. I agree that some people could get lucky and walk into a job but these are some of the minimums.

What is it that you do? First off you would be working for a small firm that goes into business that hire your firm.Then you look at what and how they do it. You interview the manager/s and see what they want or need from you. In some cases all you will be doing is making recommendations to upgrades, at other times you could be totally taking them from a paper form of record keeping to a digital one. The latter will be the most rewarding and challenging, because you will have to make recommendations for Operating Systems to software, and security. If the business is large enough for more than manager then interviewing will play an intricate part.

One of them could want to be able to market while one manager might be into telecommunicating. For some a Mac operating system will be the only one needed for others it could be a Mixture, and still others might need a Linux or Unix system. Knowing not only how computers work, but knowing how to network them will come in handy. Some basic networking topologies are Bus Star and ring types. a Bus is the easiest for you only have to connect like two or three components together and only one hub is used. The star and ring configurations are harder, and more expensive, but in the long run are more reliable. I for most projects would recommend the Star type of topology with a hub or router in the center with all other connections heading out to printers, computers, and other hardware to complete the circuit.

This is just one area of what a IT tech would do or needed to do there are lots of other areas for thought in careers.