Has anyone gone from consulting to a YCombinator-backed start-up? Would love to hear your experiences?

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I think you’d be in for a shock… Consulting is very cushy and like process oriented and what not in a startup is the wild wild West

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Interesting. Say more.

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Yes. Someone has.

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