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how much will my life suck? |
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It depends |
| Date Posted: |
03/02/2001 |
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hi guys,
i'm a junior in college and am generally interested in business/finance/consulting. however, there seems to be something inherently wrong with spending every waking hour of one's life (for two years) in a cubicle, airplane, or hotel room.
at this point i figured consulting or ibanking would be a good learning experience blah blah blah, and would help me quite a bit further on up the road. however, after browsing vault.com it seems like my life really will just suck.
so, two questions:
1. is there an as good a way but perhaps less demanding way to approximate the consulting/ibanking learning experience? e.g., would a two year stint in P & G's finance department open up the same doors as, say, a two year stint in a bulge-bracket firm or top consulting firm?
2. is there a light at the end of the tunnel? i can work 100 hours a week for 2 years if i know that i'm doing this for 2 years and 2 years only. i mean, after serving as an analyst, do the hours get better? when you jump from say MSDW after two years to another firm in a different industry, do you still make a good chunk of change and work considerably less hours.
anyway, any insight you can provide would be greatly helpful. i am interested in this stuff, so it's not like i would be doing stuff i hate, in which case i wouldn't even consider the careers, but I do consider myself a man of leisure.
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If you plan on going for a MBA or JD, you will be more unique coming from P&G Finance than a consulting firm or BB. It doesn't really matter that much for admissions, though prior IB or MC experience might have interviewing easier (and you have contacts). The money is about the same for the first few years (it obviously is better in IB or MC if you can stay with it to managing director or partner).
Life on the fast track never eases up: businesses pay you big money for a reason.
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