For M+ folks (or the equivalent level at your firm) - what is your favorite thing about working in consulting? What keeps you going and motivated?

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The pay. Money isn't everything, but it sure is nice to have options other than Nofrills. 😂

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Love the honesty and frankly I’d have been shocked if $ didn’t come up as an answer to this question ;)

I get bored easily. Consulting keeps things interesting because you’re constantly moving clients + project teams

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Really enjoy the learning side still - find most weeks I’m in a cool discussion I can’t find anywhere else.

Pay is good. Bad hourly. Good overall.

Lifestyle will drive me away eventually.

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The people management aspect & being able to do big picture thinking.

This. It’s still a grind but a different grind than being elbows deep in an excel model. I like brainstorming and ideating solutions that the team can collectively execute.

Honestly? I enjoy working with the people around me. Makes an otherwise grind into something kinda fun.

😭 tbh don’t like much about the role

I liked the challenge, moving on from project and client teams after a few months, amazing flexibility (no one cares what you’re doing, as long as you get it done), remote work, high pay (I am from NYC), having a niche skill set that gives me job protection, smart and cool colleagues, constantly obtaining leading edge knowledge and skills, travel perks. It’s just a fun, ever evolving corporate job compared to most industry jobs which are boring. I like moving on to new challenges too. Not working with the same people for years.

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