{"id":507,"date":"2020-02-24T21:13:26","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T21:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/?p=507"},"modified":"2020-02-24T21:13:28","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T21:13:28","slug":"consulting-101-optics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/24\/consulting-101-optics\/","title":{"rendered":"Consulting 101 &#8211; Optics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a>Optics<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Being a consultant is not just about the work you do. How\nyou are perceived is a big part of your job. This is where consulting differs\nfrom just having an industry job. Consultants will need to work hard to be\nperceived as a hard-working expert. Once you finally achieve that goal, the\nproject will end and you will roll off on to another project where the process\nwill begin again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coming in early or leaving late is usually a good way to be\nseen as a hard-working individual but it is also a good way to burn yourself\nout. Try to pick one or the other if you can, and either be the guy that stays\nlate or the guy that is always the first in the office. Earlier in my career,\nit was always easier to stay late and be the night owl. As I got older, it fit my\nschedule better to be one of the first ones into the office. If I had to pick\nbetween the two, coming in earlier seems to be the better option when it comes\nto what looks better to a client. It also allows for plenty of time to relax\nand decompress in the evening before the next day begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Try to do a frequent health check on the image you are\nputting forward, whether it be your attire, your work ethic or how much time\nyou spend chatting with others in the break room. The perception that client\nhas of you will be a major factor in your ongoing work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you interested in starting a career in consulting? Be\nsure do read the full book <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/38wE3AO\">Jack of all Trades\nMaster of Some; An Introduction to Consulting<\/a> available on Amazon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Optics Being a consultant is not just about the work you do. How you are perceived is a big part of your job. This is where consulting differs from just having an industry job. Consultants will need to work hard to be perceived as a hard-working expert. Once you finally achieve that goal, the project [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book","category-consulting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":509,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507\/revisions\/509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}