What did you turn down or give up to be in consulting? In hindsight would you do things differently?

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Gave up a few offers at fortune 100 companies.

No if I want I can always take the pay cut and head over.

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IB. I have other things I’m pursuing outside of work. IB would have made that impossible. No regrets

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FBI, would’ve been a totally different (and broke) world.

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Sounds exciting though

Govt agency civilian jobs. Used to be my dream but it’s hard to justify the massive pay cut and bureaucracy.

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Definitely true but if you do federal consulting, you get the same stability (job security, no travel, etc.) and much higher pay. Best of both worlds.

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