Comments on: Top 5 myths about travel as a management consultant

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:36:00 +0000

Does anyone have any idea which consulting firms do and do not allow you to do alternative travel, i.e. going somewhere besides home on Thursdays or whenever you’re normally scheduled to?

Thanks!

By: Ingvar

Ingvar — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 16:59:00 +0000

In general, I really appreciate the quality of this article and your insight. However, I do not agree with you portraying Estonia as a backwoods country while making SA appear all civilized. The fun fact here is that Estonia has about twice the GDP per capita of South Africa!

So stick to business and refrain from sloppy development economics related remarks; they make you seem less of a professional than you actually are.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:12:00 +0000

To anyone who is thinking about consulting, this is a very valid article!! Nice work!

By: Does it Matter?

Does it Matter? — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 09:19:00 +0000

You would see more (in fact, overwhelming) in your first 3 months of consulting, then it will likely pleateau out for the next 2-3 years (in terms of exposure, I’m not talking about responsibility level or analytical thinking).

IBD, not sure. But people seem to jump faster in IBD (albeit within industry), so you might see more?

If you’re thinking about MANAGING companies, ironically I wouldn’t think that 2-3 years in firms is the way to go. If I were a graduate level I would jump after 1, 2 years max and head up a top-level mgmt in industry (smaller company). Who cares if it fails. No one seems to care anymore, hahaha

that being said, you posted it a year ago. Wonder where you’d be now…

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 09:34:00 +0000

Wow you’re right! All countries are at the same level of development. Lets annex Haiti and all the great benefits they have to bring to the table!