Anyone switched from consulting to venture capital? Curious to know the pros/cons.

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Depends on the firm, my friends at Andreesen Horowitz love it - yeah it’s a lot of work but it’s cools stuff

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Yea we’re not talking a16z here…I’ll have to see what the comp is like where I’m interviewing

Comp ~ about the same as consulting for me. “hours engaged” is probably a tad high but Butt in seat in excel /ppt is a lot lower. VC is a career, not really a stepping stone, so what I mean by that is the nighttime networking, the reading articles is all because I genuinely want to be better. Doesn’t feel like the same grind as consulting did.

I’ve never been happier

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Wlb would become much worse, if you are used to decent wlb at ZS.

So pro is money and con is wlb.

Not sure what level you are at zs, but the money is pretty similar across at lower levels. Considered both paths from phd, chose Zs. Remember, vc is nowhere near pe

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