Worth moving from Wall St. to Big 4 Tech Consulting as SM. I understand WLB is going to be a challenge, but anything else that's worth consideration? 14Y EXP, 8 in Consulting( D, CG) and remaining in Wall St.

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If you are working in investment banking, wouldn't WLB be better in consulting at any level?

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Its not front office but back office and application development ...

Yes. Idk about your experience but when I was in banking my raises were peanuts 1-3%, barely factored for inflation. In consulting my earning potential has been significantly higher, and I still continue to get hit up by recruiters on LinkedIn in case I ever want to leave consulting. I can’t go back to 1-3% industry raises.

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Thanks for your insight. This is helpful. Do you at times fear stability due to revenue generation goals ?

When people said wall street, they usually mean front office investment banking. So this isn't really "moving from wall street"

One thing to keep in mind is most SM in big4 have sales goal. Without a strong network, joining as an SM can be quite tough with all the pressure from partner while still need to manage delivery

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Are goals applicable from first year ?

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