| Topic Name: |
Stay with Consulting? |
| Message Name: |
Thanks for advice |
| Date Posted: |
02/12/2002 |
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Quite an open-ended dilemma. I am there, too and we are not alone. Both have their advantages and disadvantages. Really depends on your priorities and the realities of your personal life. It is common knowledge consultants have very little personal lives. If finances are the first priority, you need to evaluate corporate life, particuliarly now with companies now looking to hire exceptional workers at discount prices. Before I write a novella, let me bulletize my items:
1. Perform personal priority assessment. 100% honesty here.
2. Drop the presumption that consultants always make more money than corporate players.
3. Corporate upward mobility does not mean you only move up if you're a great salesman.
4. Networking is always valuable.
5. Consultants are the easiest to release from financial responsiblity.
6. Corporate players are the next easiest.
7. Reassess your personal goals and career goals.
I feel your pain as a recently laid-off Pricewaterhousecoopers guy looking at the corporate job offers or contract offers. |
| Message: |
Thanks to whoever replied to my request. I understand what you're saying and have already gone through the life assessmemnt etc. It's a real shame because I love consulting and had a pretty damn good routine down - fly out Monday crack of dawn and be back home late night Thursday most weeks and work at home Friday or take a three day weekend - can't beat that with a stick. Just might end up taking a corp. job on a short term basis until consulting comes back. The painful thing is that's not what type of person I am, I have a lot of integrity and don't want to do it, but you know $ talks. Thanks anyway for the advice.
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