I'm a senior Applying for new jobs and realizing I have no actual skills. Does everyone else feel this way or do you actually do more than BS your career?

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I joke with a buddy about not having "skills" all the time. In reality consulting makes you a problem solver that's highly adaptable. You'd be amazed how many people do the same thing everyday for years and have narrow experience stifling creativity and outside context.

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I do but I was an experienced hire, so.

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I think in consulting you mostly develop soft skills and move away from actual skill set considering you work on diversity of projects with different needs

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No. I don't. That's why I'm applying for new jobs. #overqualified

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Consulting is all soft skills

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