Anyone else here who used to crave being at MBB a few years back, but have no interest in applying now? Feels weird but liberating.

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Same situation here. All these referral opportunities and LinkedIn messages would have been great 3-5 years ago. But now, the novelty of consulting has worn off, I am more interested in wlb and I am thinking about exits.

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100% agreed

When I realized the 50% salary increase came with at least 50% longer hours, and I already make decent money, it started to seem kind of pointless.

Seems like the incremental benefits of a Centurion card over the AMEX Platinum: mainly it’s for the prestige.

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You're more mature now.

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The shine of MBB is slowly fading away. 2 years ago when I joined D, I thought MBB would be the dream exit. But when the time came, I chose FAANG because there’s really nothing that beats the WLB + stock options + career track. Only caveat is it’s slightly easier to exit to FAANG if you are technical so that’s one of my biases here.

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Same.. recently made SM at EY and now have no desire to jump especially as I run a practice, and oversee an entire team. Couldn’t imagine starting from scratch as a consultant churning out slides.. when I can just delegate to my team. But that’s just me.

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I want to be at MBB! Just need a referral ;)

Literally I just want mba sponsorship but otherwise it’s a hard no

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