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If you feel that way then go get a job at one of those companies. They’re hiring
What their company does might be glamorous, what they do isn’t
I think the grass is always greener. Semiconductor is not glamorous by any means. Some fancy expensive machine prints some shit on a wafer. If you work for waymo or some other driverless car company chances are you are in a basic finance or supply chain or hr job like any company. My group has clients in both these types of companies.
People lie about their contributions at work and startups are known for puffery. If you like what you do, keep doing it because it’s probably valuable. Don’t change because someone else is trying to convince you they’re solving world hunger because they probably aren’t
Consulting is what you make of it. If you feel like consulting is low value add, maybe you should think about what you can do to make more of a difference.
So quit consulting and do one of those “ground breaking” jobs or stay in consulting and stop comparing yourself to others.
Everyone in Silicon Valley thinks they are changing the world. This is what the world thinks - 🙄.
Try to get assigned to those same projects and then you can work in the same industries as them.
What area of consulting are you in OP?
I add value to my life by getting involved with my community
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