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I came from industry and been in consulting nearly 2 years now. Definitely feeling the same. Tights deadlines for non-impactful work, especially compared to tech where time felt well spent developing and deploying ML applications. Meanwhile in consulting ML and AI just seem to be buzz words for doing a simple model, with no robustness testing or cross validation, and sniping images into a PowerPoint....
That said, I do understand it's appeal for some. Especially if you are very extroverted and enjoy client interactions and interacting with others internally.
I am pretty extroverted. And I enjoy meaningful work. But this stuff just seems to be fluff at times. There’s a lot of ego and inflated sense of self i see regularly.
Depends what you don't like about it. Many things vary massively from project to project, and many things get better over time. Generally would recommend sticking out for a year and see how you feel, but if you're really hating it then do what you need to do.
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Agree with BCG, things vary massively based on the project and after a year at any job you should feel less overwhelmed. If you still don't like it after a year then leave.
I was in the same boat as you. You've probably realised that it's not for you long term, which is fine, it's the same for me. But I would suggest you try and stick it out for at least a year or two, you will learn loads and build valuable skils. A lot of it does get better but some of the things you dislike are probably just inherent to consulting.
@OP, if you were good with the first project, then I don't think you hate consulting. Your just hate your current project. But the beauty of consulting is that teams and projects are temporary. So in a few weeks or months, yous be done with the crazy client and hopefully a more stable client comes along.
That said if there are other aspects you don't like, I agree with others encouraging ypu to just stick on for a year minimum and look for other exit opportunities.
You should begin to develop a tolerance to it around the 10 year mark.
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What don’t you like about it? Your dislike could be for our work in general, just due to an adjustment period, or project-specific
I’ve only started somewhat liking it a year in - I would hold tight. If after a year of doing things to try to improve what you don’t like you feel bad then feel free to take ofd