Apparently I could fit in business consulting but I work in environmental/engineering consulting. I already work pretty long hours (60-75 a week). Idk what I’m doing because I just got my job but I feel like staying course Atleast for a year or two. But I am focused on career development, money (yes ik), a lot of domain knowledge. I feel like I’m not really getting that in my current position. What should I do?

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Well I can tell you after 15+ yrs of it that there’s not a ton of money in environmental engineering consulting, but the hours shouldn’t be like that.

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I would move to management consulting as soon as you realize you want to do it.

The two are very different, and although there are some useful skills you can take away, jumping to management consulting would basically require you to start at the bottom. Consulting in a built environment context is very different to management consulting; the former is much more linear/deterministic, the latter is much more abstract and squishy, about people, process and human factors.

The exception is if you want to go into CP&I type work within consulting, where you can generally make a lateral move all the way up to Principal Consultant/Snr Mgr roles.

I was a physics/engineering major, started off at Arup and WSP, then decided about 3 years in I wanted to go into management consulting. Glad I jumped when I did, because I near enough started at the bottom. Much more fulfilled in my career, and obv the comp is nice too.

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Thank you for the advice. Yes I have decided I want to move at some point soon. My objective with the move is too get the salary and gain a lot of business acumen. I’m not in it for the money because I make descent money right now. Will Cp&I give me a lot of good business skills? Eventually I would like to start my own business sometime in the future.

Based on this post, you might wanna stay away from ‘business consulting’ or whatever you think that means. Just straight rambling smh.

On a serious note, the macro environment is not great and a vast majority of folks are staying put to ride out the storm. But if you’re unhappy you can always try to switch.

So I’m not unhappy to the point that I will work here for a year or two. I know the market conditions so I will not do anything stupid. What I have if you read through the other comments skills are: programming, analytical skills, reporting, subcontractors management/oversight, advanced mathematical skills. It’s not much but I’m not expecting much when I come into consulting.

Environmental/engineering consultant here... are you doing field work? Usually hours are not that crazy if working in the office. I've been at my firm for around 4 years and how much you learn and grow is very team/company dependant. If you just started, I'd say suck it up for a year and look elsewhere. If you wanted to make a lot of money though you chose the worst engineering. If you want to pivot to something else maybe look into sustainability consulting, that way you can use your background somewhat. Feel free to DM as I'm currently looking into pivoting to something else.

I’m thinking about pivoting into data science. I have a math background and I know how to code a little bit.

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