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Non-consulting, industry job?
Don't be an ex-consulting jackass. no one wants to hear war stories or firm name drops:
"when I was at [firm name] we would work to midnight, funny how you guys leave at 5:30"
"when I was at [firm name], every deck had to be client ready and we had to turn comments in hours not days like we do here"
I could keep going..
Industry moves more slowly, so learn the tempo. stay ahead of it, but work with it, not against it. see my quote above about deck turns.
You will join a team where people have 10 or 20 years experience doing whatever the company does. you may be better at "cracking cases and problem solving", but they have years of knowledge. be genuinely curious.
Ex-consultants have a rep of knowing strategy but not how to implement, "landing the plane". step in to opportunities where you can roll up your sleeves and help design and participate in implementation early.
This is incredibly helpful, thank you! Yes to industry. Still high tech, so wondering about pace.
a friend who exited said to me, "most corporates are moving at, say, 50mph. consulting moves at 100mph, diligence is 125mph. high tech places like Google, Apple, Amazon or other darling high growth tech moves at 75mph"
so, faster than your usual clients but much slower than consulting pace.
a guy on our deal team once said, "I'd kill for a 60 hour work week". v sad.