How long were you in consulting before you stopped thinking every perceived misstep would get you fired?

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Thanks so much for posting this, OP. I am at 18 months and I feel this way all the time. Good to know that I am not the only one

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3 years, but that’s when I actually got good at the job

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11 years and the fear is still real

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23 years and I sometimes feel safe, but then I realize I’m not.

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I assume I’m getting fired tomorrow

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I got fired 1 month ago. Best thing that happened to me in consulting

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Because I’m coming up on the end of year 2 and still got it...

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Still there YEARS into consulting.

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When I started getting enough messages on LinkedIn asking me to interview, I realized I could just get another job if I got fired.

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It took me 2 years of completely inadequate work and average ratings to realize how secure my job is. Although I’m an underachiever and getting nowhere in my career

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9 months and then I realized that getting fired is not the end of the world.

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I'm 9 months in and I realize as long as it's not a catastrophic failure the client doesn't care about my existence enough to try and ensure I'm not providing service to them.

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13 years in and the fear is worse now than before. Back then I was under the radar, now i’m under the microscope. SMs have it the worse.

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Agree with this.

So my fears maybe justified beforehand...

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At the start of every engagement but then i get over it. Fire me 🤷‍♂️

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This can’t be universal.. right? Can others unlike us who don’t feel this way shed some light into how you deal with it?

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Same here D2

Knew it on day 1

6 months

I make sure I do good work. Don’t offend anyone with semi-power and always utilize the red nose policy. If you can justify that what you did was an “honest” mistake and the impact wasn’t dire, you’re golden.

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Year 3 - skills went up, market value went up.. I guess becoming more skilled minimized mistakes too..

3 years.

Then I got out

For me it was just the experience of having those issues and not getting fired. Experience goes a long way

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