What made you get into consulting? Did you know what day to day would be like? Did you have mentors?

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I was facing 20 years behind bars and it was either agree to become a consultant or do hard time.

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The original idea that got me into it 9 years ago was “Not every week looks the same, not showing up the the same cubical and working on the same work day in and day out, and being a paid ‘problem solver’ was attractive to me” now that I’ve worked at 2 B4 and Accenture, the answer is MONEY *Mr Krabs Voice*

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I thought it would be a good place to get smarter on interesting areas faster than corporate. Now I know it's just a path to do PM work and get thrown under the bus for not being a mindeader.

I've tried to find mentorship here but honestly nobody cares about me. I don't know what I have to do / volunteer to get anyone to consider investing time in my development. My practice certainly doesn't have any interest.

I got into tech after graduation but I think consulting would have been a better early in career path to get exposure to more variety of issues and develop thicker skin.

A2 - I don’t think so. Tech is driving even MBB into newer, tech-centric practice areas. There’s a huge amount of cross-pollination happening in the tech world and even PE driven practice areas for tech professionals.

1) Why I Moved Into Consulting
I wanted to break out of the monotony I was experiencing in industry and try something new.- similar to what many of my college friends were doing in consulting. Consulting gave me a real seat at the table, where management listened to my perspective, instead of dismissing my input like they often did during my early analyst days (while I was working in industry).

2) What Surprised Me
Not really any big surprises, but I quickly learned the day-to-day rhythm: lots of meetings, structured analysis, partner check-ins, and then diving back into more analysis. It was a fast learning curve, but one I really enjoyed.

3) Mentorship
I didn’t really have mentors until I joined consulting, but once I was there, I found my people - the colleagues and leaders who pushed me, supported me, and helped me grow.

Context: I spent 7 years in Tier 2 consulting (A -> M) before moving back into industry. I’ve recently taken on an internal transformation role, where I’m applying my consulting toolkit to drive change from the inside with more seniority / a solid resume to back me up

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