I always wanted to work in consulting (for the varied and dynamic work) and did get a few offers many years ago from EY and PwC but didn't take them because the pay wasn't great. Now that I'm at a Director level in Compliance in the banking industry, I'm wondering if it's too late now to switch to consulting? I do want to give it a try. What do you all think? Do you know of people who've moved from banking into consulting at my career stage? I've 18 years work experience.

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I mean they’d probably take you but why do you wanna be a consultant if you’re almost 40? You’ll have a lot of people at your level who are much younger, even if you’re coming from director in industry. You’d probably be looking at a manager level role, long hours and frequent travel; etc

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I just switched, from manager level (no team) in banking to consulting manager level. 9 yoe. So slightly different from your experience, but yes certainly an option. See if you can come in at Sr Mgr level.

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I'm in NYC by the way.

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