The people I work with

Economic Consulting is stressful

This is a niche industry but it can hit a sweet spot for people between consulting, banking, and coding - our work combines good attributes of all three without most of the downsides associated with each. I.e., we don't have the travel requirements of traditional consulting, we don't have the work hours of banking, and we don't have the isolation of a true coding job. You get stimulating work, you learn important skills like coding and other consulting skills (writing, presenting, etc.), and you get to do that in a firm that values people and their experience.