Going to be joining MBB as an experienced hire (2.5 YOE) and I will be taking 5 months between jobs. I have been working in consulting already so I don’t necessarily need to get up to speed with Excel and PowerPoint. How would you suggest I should spend those 5 months? Ideally I would travel for at least a couple of them. However, I am trying to figure out whether I could dedicate my time on acquiring new skills, maybe working on a side hustle or helping a friend’s startup. What’s your take?

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Bro wtf you have to the rest of you life to work and upskill. Go travel in the prime of your life

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GMAT

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GMAT and or language learning course in country of interest :)

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Don’t do anything work related, you’ve already been in consulting so you’ll be completely fine.

Learning a language is a good idea. You can travel whilst doing it and it can help you professionally if you’re interested in cases abroad (or transferring)

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I want to know how they’re letting you start 5 months later??

They gave me May and September start day to choose from. I picked September. Maybe in the US they are more stringent on that, but in London they are very flexible on when you want to join once you have the offer

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