Consulting 10 Year challenge: What were you doing 10 years ago, and what are you doing now?

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Enjoying high school

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8th grade for me 🤣

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2009 - worried about the recession
2019 - worried about a recession

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10 years ago I wasn’t old enough to buy a beer.

I was also in the middle of a war

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Thank you for your service.

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Middle school teacher 10 years ago. Now entering year 5 at McKinsey.

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Easy - 7th grader

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2009: fighting taliban in Kandahar Afghanistan
2019: fighting federal clients to make sense in their decisions

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10 years ago, I was with PwC. 10 years later, I’m still with PwC 😂

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Same

2009: Senior in High School
2019: Senior Analyst 😕

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Same 😒

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2009: Getting high; clocking weeks of my life in MW2.
2019: Advising FS clients on marijuana :)

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Advising them about marijuana or advising them after having smoked marijuana

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2009 - freshman in college just having moved back home to Miami and taking classes at the local college after having a horrible first semester at Carnegie Mellon University and ending up depressed. Leaving behind a very good friend.
2019 - Sr consultant in Seattle making 6 figures with an MBA from Carnegie Mellon and dating that same friend I left behind at CMU haha

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2016 MBA (took a detour through industry before making it to consulting). Finished undergrad at Boston College

2009 - Taking Meeting notes for a Senior
2019 - Taking Meeting notes for Partner

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2009 - consulting. Main client fortune 10 company.
2019 - consulting. Main client a different fortune 10 company

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2009 - I was doing a dual masters and MBA, working at a Fortune 50 as an intern and paying for classes out of pocket. No car.
2019 - Consulting. Own a car. No more student loans. Still looking for new things to learn

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Summer intern in between semesters - that makes perfect sense

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Cleaning cafeteria floors for minimum wage

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I worked for a major hospital in their IT department making $38k a year, $20k less than my coworkers. Now, I have a 6 figure income doing Healthcare IT consulting. My old hospital has tried to rehire me 3 times.

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Actually a couple of years ago, a recruiter called me trying to hire me for my old position. Of course they didn't know. Now it's paying $90k...a-holes.

2009- Laid off for the 4 times in a 12-month span. Looking for a company big enough to have its name on the side of the building to hire me. Hellbent on getting group health insurance and proving myself and not getting laid off again.

2019 - at the same company with the name on the building. Learned a ton about consulting, promoted twice, doubled my salary, still grateful for health insurance!

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2009 - working at a drycleaner.
2019 - living the dream, and still handling my clients dirty laundry

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I was a minion and now I have minions, otherwise more or less the same.

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Kevin who???

2009- last year as a competitive pianist (age 13)
2019-finished university & first year in consulting

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Badass

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2009 — finished sophomore year, where I almost dropped out, dealt with suicidal impulses, struggled with crushing insecurity, worried I’d be alone forever, and all that fun stuff

2019 — finished a PhD. Got married. Got my dream job. Came out to myself, then my husband, then friends (hi, I’m bi!)(still too scared to tell my parents). Making the time to work on my passion when I’m not working as a consultant. Working my ass off, exhausted all the time, but finally, gloriously happy in my own skin.

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Another phenomenal soul bearing writeup that makes me thankful for what I have....I can relate Kudos to you.

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2009 - nyc, single, drunk
2019 - suburbs, married, home owner, dog owner, mom

WTF.

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