To all who have exited from life sciences consulting, what firm did you work at, what did you exit into, and how is it going?

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Worked at trinity after PhD, left a few years ago to join bd team of one of the clients / mid size biotech. Overall, good money and Def better wlb (maybe 45-50hr regular weeks but can get busy to 55-60hr depending on Corp needs), interesting enough of work but not really loving the Corp culture or bearuecracy, so I'm exploring at the moment but I'm not desperate enough to really put a lot of effort I to it like I was when trying to get out of consulting mainly for wlb reasons.

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If you don’t mind me asking, how many YOE before leaving for BD?

No name life science boutique >>> Equity research >>> ????. The work is a lot more interesting and fast paced, the hours are longer and more unpredictable

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Could you tell us a bit more about your work? What does it entail?

Left my namesake for small biotech. Love the the work and the people. Hours can be long because there is a ton to do and only a small team but really don't mind.

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5yrs academic research post PhD outside US, 2yrs commercial in US

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