I have a BA in business administration and I have 3.5 years experience in investment management / equity research. I’m looking to pivot to either marketing or consulting but I’m not sure which one. Is this realistic or do I need to get my MBA to make a change? Also any insight into either consulting or marketing? What are they like?

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Both are very different.

What skills do you want to do/build? Why are you interested in either of these areas?

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As they say, it depends :-)

Consulting is always a more conservative career path early in one’s career but it is also more competitive for that reason

And there are plenty of marketing roles that have extreme WLB. Just look at Amazon’s reputation.

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