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I’ve seen people go from IT consulting to:
- Run a charity
- Go into the motel business with family
- Become a realtor
- Become a bartender
- Go get a PhD in physics and join NASA literally as a rocket scientist
- Become a professional landscape photographer
That’s just a sample of “non-industry” roles.
Moral: do whatever the hell you want.. You only live once. For most in consulting, it won’t be their whole career.
@C2 but like...space
Do it! If it’ll make you happy..
I’m over consulting and know it’s not what I want to be doing. I knew I wanted to go to grad school and thought that was a good way to exit consulting. This year I applied to engineering PhD and MS programs and that whole experience gave me some clarity on what I wanted to do. Decided PhD wasn’t for me, but I would have never known that if I didn’t at least apply. Definitely go through the application process so you don’t “shoulda coulda woulda” yourself. Hopefully when the time comes to make the decision on what’s best for you, you will have gained additional clarity
I’m going grad school in the fall for a one year masters program. Hopefully end up at FAANG in a more specialized role that I enjoy
Don't
In the same situation. Right now sitting down and writing options what company would i acquire tomorrow if i won the lottery - not even throwing out options like formula 1 team. Go for it!!!
We all dream but very few actually do anything about it. For me (and I suspect for many others) it boils down to $$$
OP it’s ironic I am doing some study at the moment and one of the topics is behavioral finance. One of the behavioral biases mentioned is “Regret Avoidance” and it’s defined as people tending to be more regretful of decisions that turn out badly when those decisions were more unconventional. They blame themselves more which causes them to be less likely to make unconventional decisions in the first place. Seems to apply here! I do have some of the same concerns you have but as I dig in, it’s all rooted in financial implications for me.
Thanks fam for the thoughts. I'm taking a bit to try and figure out what it is exactly that I want to do. I came into consulting because I didn't know, and now I'm pushing myself to try to figure that out.