What has been your experience with leaving consulting? Have you ruined your relationships with your firm? Did you get bored in your new role? Or are you happy and this is the best decision ever? I have a great offer that I’m finalizing. Going to a start up. Im super excited, but i guess it’s normal to have worries if this is the right choice.

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You always make the right choice in the sense a decision is made at a moment in time after you consider the pros & cons given the info you have at that moment. The decision reflects the choice you picks being considered better than other options “at that moment”.
You can’t play it retroactively since you never know what would happen otherwise. Say you leave and unhappy, so what? What would guarantee that you would be better if you stay? If you knew that, then you would stay. You didn’t, so there’s no reason to believe otherwise that staying would better.

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Thanks for your feedback!

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Yes like someone told - a decision you made is always right at that point in time, no point in hindsight

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Like totally, for sure...I just got a manicure! 💅🏼

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Once you leave and dive deep into a specific industry / solution - it makes you realize what generalists most consultants are.

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Yup. A bit concerned that I’m going to experience the same. Speaking from experience?

Yes. a decision to take a morning walk rather than sitting in the home office and hopping in a call with offshore

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