It’s becoming harder and harder to match my pay level in industry roles... seems like my salary growth definitely outpaced my growth in skill set. Any advice? 2.5 YOE, pre-mba, mgmt consulting

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I'm in a different situation in terms of YOE as I came from industry. However it seems that Director level and higher exits are most likely to match or exceed salary.

You also need to figure out how important salary is. It's only one piece of compensation and compensation is only one piece of job satisfaction / personal happiness. Presumably you're looking to leave to industry because there is something there that you're not getting from consulting? I'm not telling you to accept a lower industry salary. Just reminding you of how well paid you probably currently are for 2.5 years of experience. And to think about what you're trying to get from a move to industry.

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Same, I’d love to move to a start up for the rapid growth experience but I need the benefits and pay that consulting gives (yes a new job would make me happy but so does not being poor and having good benefits) so I can really only look at unicorns/FAANG cuz they’re the only ones really assured to pay this salary/not require more than a 5k+ paycut

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