Did most of your friends join consulting after grad or just you?

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A lot of my friends flexed they were going into consulting which at the time I thought was cool but that “consulting” ended up being recruiting and cold call sales...I think that’s a bait and switch attraction for many small no name firms wanting to hire recent grads into the ~beautiful consultant lifestyle~ when really it’s not. The End

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