Is consulting a prestigious profession in Singapore or SEA more broadly? Are big 4 consulting firms respectable there, like in the UK or US?

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Are big 4 prestigious? Yes. Prestigious for consulting? Probably not. Most people here recognize the big 4s as audit firms. Is consulting a prestigious profession? Yes. Most people don’t actually know what consultants actually do.

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