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Startups

Startups: Picking the right opportunity for your career

I had the privilege of joining a unicorn startup that was eventually acquired by a multinational company. Many people, including myself, have been surprised by the professional experience you can gain from startups as a mid-twenties professional. While luck played a significant role in my positive experience, I also spent considerable time evaluating whether the […]

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Career Advice

Consulting Career Pathways (Grad School to Consulting)

I previously wrote a similar article for those in consulting coming from undergrad. Now I want to highlight the outlook for those who joined consulting from grad school. Although there are extensive parallels, the grad school pool is decently different because they tend to be older (ballpark around 28 or so when they started their […]

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Career Advice

Charting a First Principles Career Path

Career paths which are dominated by knowledge workers all have one thing in common. The personal interests of the individual drives their career. I have heard about and personally experienced the “choose your own path” phenomena of consulting. Wherein you can express interest in a certain type of work and network with managers and principals […]