50% raise to join very small PE and research firm. More career interests, but wondering if B schools would look down on leaving consulting after only 1.5 years

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Increase your start and end dates by a month, call it two

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IMO they would not — many of my classmates left consulting even after 1 year.

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B schools don’t care

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Can you share some tips on landing a PE role OP?

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