How many of you are still in Consulting because you don’t know what else to do? I have absolutely no idea what type of exit I would want, so I’m sticking around until I figure that out I guess.

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I have yet to see truer words.

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same, but the longer i stay, the more i feel that my exit opps dwindle because i get pigeonholed into a specific niche :(

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YES

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Yeah I'm a 28 year old SC (probably manager next year?) and I have no fucking clue what I want to do with my life

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worse
I got shafted for promo so I am a 28 C and don't know what to do. I can't even be manager in at least 2-3 years

can someone just say what to do, im tired of “figuring it out” 😔

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Yup basically.

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Haven’t got a clue

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🙋‍♀️

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I still don’t know what I want to do when I grow up

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Same

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Me lol

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Bingo!

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Here for it

Me! No idea what I want to do next

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