Consulting: means to an end (better position in industry) or an end itself (partner)?

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End itself 🙋🏼

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Means to an end

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Partner isn’t really the end. It’s the beginning.

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If there was a singular answer to this question, consulting would either not exist, or consulting glutted with partners with few clients to sell work to

@S&1 - not looking for a singular answer, but rather a rough breakout of people’s personal perspectives

Means to an industry end

Partner is the bottom of a whole new ladder

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