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title: Consultant Success Story:  My Journey from Pre-Med to Diagnosing EDI Errors
description: The road to my EDI consulting career was winding to say the least. And satisfying. This is my story.
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# [Consultant Success Story:  My Journey from Pre-Med to Diagnosing EDI Errors](https://www.remedi.com/career-resources/consultant-success-story-my-journey-from-pre-med-to-diagnosing-edi-errors)

 Written by [Dave Reyburn](https://www.remedi.com/career-resources/author/dave-reyburn) | Dec 19, 2024 7:33:33 PM

## Story by TrueCommerce Consultant

**My Career Path:** At one time, I was pre-med. I made great grades in high school and had high scores on my standardized tests, but after two years, I decided it wasn’t for me, and I took a break. After a series of entry-level jobs in banking and insurance, I audited a computer programming course at my community college and answered a question that had stumped the class. I was hooked and enrolled in the next term. After graduation, I accepted an offer to go into consulting with one of my professors.

**My Breakout Project:** Even before I got involved with EDI, my clerical jobs had shown me that it wasn’t efficient for Company A to print and mail their invoices to Company B, only to have Company B re-key it into their system. After a few years, an outerwear company approached me to write an EDI system and business rules for them because they needed to do EDI with a national department store chain. I jumped on the opportunity even though I had no experience with EDI up to then. 

**My Greatest Satisfaction:** I’ve built a career as an independent EDI consultant around a technology that’s mature yet continues to evolve. I’ve gone from teaching myself EDI to engagements like monitoring and optimizing TrueCommerce and Microsoft Dynamics 365 environments. I do this because I like solving puzzles. And every day with EDI is a different puzzle. How do you make it work efficiently? How do you make it work effectively? I love working backward through the error chain to see which operation failed and then understand why it failed.

## What’s the Next Chapter in Your Story?

Looking for your next consulting gig? Consulted before and thinking about transitioning back from a permanent position? Considering a move to consulting but want a better idea of how it works. In any event, we’d love to connect. Drop us a line at [staffing@remedi.com](mailto:staffing@remedi.com) with your resume and let us know the kind of work that brings you the most satisfaction.

 *Editor’s Note: This is one in a series of stories about the work performed by Remedi EDI consultants, the value they bring to organizations, and the satisfaction their work brings them. * 

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