WWW: Beyond the Basics

7. Web Related Careers

7.3. Popular Career Titles

7.3.5 Internet/WWW Consultant

Description

An Internet consultant is a person that provides training and support to individuals, companies, and schools. They are considered experts in Internetworking, Web Browsers, Web creations, Installation, and Maintenance. They have extensive knowledge of HTML, Java, CGI, VRML and some scripting languages such as PERL. They must also be familiar with applications run on the Internet. In other words, they do it all! They are usually hired based on a reputation for getting the job done efficiently.

Education Requirement

A degree in a technical field such as Engineering, or Computer Science is usually the education level for a consultant. However, since the Internet is such a new phenomenon, the majority of employees acquire their education from hands-on experience, either from working with companies that use the Internet, or by self-taught methods. Since they are usually hired based on reputation, they would have to market themselves in order to establish a working relationship with a company.

Salary

Consultants can be paid $25-$100 per hour ( Thompson, 1996 ). This would be based on how they market themselves, and whether they work for small or large firms on a consulting basis.

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