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You aren't alone my friend. CS first year associate and regretting it now
Completely. You aren't doing anything intellectual compared to people building products (regardless of what people say about clients being lazy people thus making consulting possible)
Yes true that. But wont these raises nullified by the their current high base pays? Also, industry guys are always in high demand if they need to shift. Moreover, this industry exp can help them to shift to more stable product mgmt roles. Correct me if I am wrong!
Pick you poison, no home runs in consulting, sure you can work you ass off and make partner then your stuck with their shitty lifestyle
Just consider the long term compensation. PwC gives some nice raises that your friends in industry will never receive. Soon enough you'll be making what they make
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I felt the same. After 5 years I realised in the industry you don't grow as fast as in consulting, you don't get to see bigger picture, majority of CS grads will be working on the same module for next 10 yrs n get so frustrated and if you don't to code for rest of life, consulting provides better exit options
That said some CS grads really work on cool stuff that we never will but it's a minority
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If you're depressed because you're comparing yourself to your peers, you'll never be happy - even if you make more.
Any solution peeps?
PwC1, which office?
Deloitte 1, thank you for your inputs but Is this the consultant in you speaking? I know we all try to fill in the gaps we guys have in our current lives. But, I would like to be very blatant with myself in such matters. So, if you believe consulting is a better career track than tech or vice versa, frankly say so.
The reason I am trying to be frank is if I figure out that Tech has better future than I need to make the move to industry in my first year itself.
If your CS in consulting making less than industry then something is wrong... I'm confused
OP, I don't know what you are working on and what are your interests. I had CS background, worked in product and services firm and jumped to consulting. Been here for a long time now. My advice, figure out your strengths and medium term goals. Look at few veterans around you and see if that's what you want to become. If you are techie at heart and enjoy coding day in and out then maybe jump. But don't jump for a few bucks here and there. I liked tech, but if I was in tech I wanted to make sure I was working on something cutting edge which was always disruptive and not building enterprise applications over and over again. Very few in tech get such opportunities though a lot get paid well initially
Yes, y'all should go to tech industry.