Honest responses - have you learned anything in consulting 1-2 years out of undergrad? Do you regret not pursuing VC/PE/other typical exit opps earlier (right out of undergrad)?

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Yes, no. Mck has been unbelievable learning. Hard to think of a place where I could have learned more out of college

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What have you learned?

1. While the amount of learning certainly varies by firm, I think I’ve learned an incredible amount in the last 14 months. Both from a hard skills perspective (excel, ppt) & soft skills (communication, working in a team, handling yourself in front of clients). The only job where the hard skills development would possibly have been greater is banking and, even then, I’d prefer a versatile, broad exposure over how to crank out a DCF or LBO with the same 20 associated pages in 8 hours.
2. PE/VC do not belong “with other typical exit ops.” Those are the apex of finance and, even for the aforementioned bankers with great hard skills development, not a reality for the vast majority in finance

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