Hello

I want to make the move from development into consultancy and would appreciate hearing how you did it.

I cannot DM you, but if you have the time to type a small paragraph, I'm all ears.

If you don't want to make that public, you can directly email me (<HN-username>@gmail.com)

Sure, it is actually not very complicated in my case. I did backend development for a short while during and after university and then moved into IT consulting fairly quickly.

It was a LinkedIn recruiter message which I usually ignore. However, my SO did not (she is in IT as well) and convinced me to join a hiring event. I ended up liking it a lot and went through the hiring process. Soon, I started out on the most junior level and joined my first project with 3 very senior colleagues after a few weeks.

The learning curve was very steep both on the technical level and also regarding the consulting aspect - at first there was nothing I could 'consult' on due to lack of experience. This changed with growing experience, with the guidance of senior colleagues and my private efforts to gain skills and expertise.

Let me know if this was helpful!

This almost reads like my trajectory so far, but I'm at the point where I can't really consult due to the lack of experience, but I did make a good impression so far. Can I ask you, into what efforts should I put my private time? More technical knowledge? Into very fine details, or brief insights into different areas? Any good resources?

Thanks a lot!