Consultants are those magical creatures that can travel and work for 14-18 hours straight but somehow will still go out with their team to dinner, drinks, and probably more drinks. I like consulting

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Yeah - not me. One or the other will suffer

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Not me

That sounds like a fucking terrible scenario to be in and exactly the reason I quit.

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