This week reminded me more of going to school than of working. It is actually quite funny; I always here people say that school doesn’t prepare you for what you actually will be doing in your career. I’ve heard a lot of people also say that they never used what they learning in school either. I may not have used any specific skills I learned in a class in school but all week I have been using skills that I learned while in college. These skills center around what you develop to get by in school rather than the knowledge you gain any in class.
Much like class I spent about 7 hours a day listening to people explain business processes to me and how they work. During these meetings I took massive amounts of notes on all of the subject matter whether I understood what was going or not. I would then spend a couple of hours a day to make sense of these notes and summarize them. Even the assignments I had reminded me of college. I wrote a ½ dozen 3-8 page papers, and put together 2 PowerPoint presentations. And just like college all of these were finished at the last minute. I was even pulling 12 hour days on almost no sleep. All of this could have explained almost any week during college.
The only real differences is I was staying in a comfortable hotel room, all of my expenses were paid, and I dink go out and get trashed. Of course I also had to dress better and be on good behavior because I am working at a client site. However being a consultant – at least doing blueprinting work – is a lot like being a student just not as much fun! Next week should actually be different as we dive into a couple of systems but it sounds like it is going to be more of the same. But at least it is Friday so I can go out and have some fun this weekend… Hmm used to do that in college to…
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