When did you decide consulting is not for you? Curious if people came to the decision because of the work itself or the lifestyle

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I am not good at making stories and networking - cannot survive consulting. Also, there’s 0 knowledge I have gained over the years.

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I’m starting to feel this way! Lol good point

I was in govt consulting. The work was mind numbing and slow

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Compensation didn’t line up with my workload. Left FDD group which was an absolute sweatshop

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Same line of thinking. $ and time spent earning it did not match up.

I’d add there were some people I’d seen promoted into leadership positions who I thought were absolute garbage, and I realized if that’s who was going to be running the show, then it just wasn’t for me.

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Consulting isn't for me because I don't care about most of the clients. The work is cool, the lifestyle is fine, I just want to do it for companies I actually care about

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