For a business student right out of undergrad is non-mbb consulting worth it? Compared to other jobs you can get out of college (eg corporate business analysts). Coming from a top 20 school in the Us

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Lol…acting as if MBB are the only good jobs in consulting. Love it

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I don't think many other jobs will elevate your career trajectory as fast as a few years in consulting. You could technically be a director in 8 years, which many people never achieve in the corporate world.

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This is such a poorly defined question. You're clearly too good for anything non-MBB.

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What do you want to do long term? The answer is probably yes.

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This is a highly subjective question. What do you want to do long term? Do you want to be a monk? If so, probably not worth it. If you want to be a partner at a large consulting firm one day then it’s the best option. There’s a lot of in between there. It sounds like you’re looking at it from a purely prestige perspective. If that’s the case - having done 5 years in corporate America - I can promise you no one cares. Outside of this bubble most people aren’t really fond of consultants and even MBV isn’t the massive career accelerator many expect

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As a tenured consultant I’d say no - the start up unicorn is more “worth it”

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I exited consulting to a startup, consulting background definitely helped a lot

Yes...

Yes … come to tech consulting …. Follow the light

MBB>IB>T2>B4

Was my thought process

find me another job apart from tech that pays 120k+ with 2 YOE

A degree in Petroleum Engineering is not the same as a BS in BS. Hard skills pay more at those entry levels.

After 5 years at Accenture I took a job with my client for > 300k /yr. + great WLB. So yeah, I'd say it's worth it.

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