I'm thinking about switching careers after graduation, but I'm not really sure which industry to dive into. How did you figure out what path to take after your MBA, especially if you were making a career change?

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I did my MBA to enable my career switch. I wanted to do consulting and I got that. In hindsight sight my old job was also consulting, but we didn’t call it that.

You will need to find something to pivot on. For me, it was government contracts. I had been responding to RFPs are fulfilling contracts for close to 10 years. But wanted to move in to technology.

My job has gotten more demanding, huge learning curve, but I make more than double what I used to make.

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