How should I best prepare myself for the Manager/Project Leader/Engagement Manager role at MBB?

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Cut everyone currently in your life and start preparing to have no life

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Does alcoholism/cocaine use run in your family? I hear that's a prereq—if they're hiring from outside

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By successfully completing the analyst, associate and consultant stints.

If I were you, i’d leave consulting before that level. Its a shithole out there.

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