I came from a consulting background in tax credits and incentives. I went into finance to pass the time on my non compete clause from my previous firm, but now I have an interview at EY and I’m not sure if I want to give up the work life balance. Any advice?

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It depends on your goals. I personally think consulting is BS from all my friends paths. Like you work super hard and make often times less than you’d make at the bank while working half the hours. Like some of my friends left consulting in our MCOL city and we’re making $150-200k working 60-80hrs a week with constant travel and went to make 200-250 while working under 30hrs a week.

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