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Originally Posted by oman 
interesting
i work for ____, which is a canadian IT consultancy
what do you mean by "real job", as opposed to IT
i work for ____, which is a canadian IT consultancy
what do you mean by "real job", as opposed to IT
By a real job I meant a steady position at a company you work for day-to-day.
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Originally Posted by GQgeek
At a consulting firm, there's more chance you'll get to do design work, or work on larger systems, or work on specific problems/projects that are too big/complex for a company's regular IT staff. You also get to see a bigger variety of environments/solutions by virtue of seeing many different clients. You also acquire knowledge about best practices. That said, you might go work for a consultancy and do nothing but new installs at small businesses, which isn't the most exciting work...
