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[quote=Anonymous]I've been offered a generalist consulting position with a top strategy firm (think similar to Mitt Romney's old firms) however I'm not sure if it is the right move. Everyone seems super smart and extremely credentialed and quite nice but the whole job just seems like peddling lots of BS (along with a hellish M-Th travel lifestyle). I doesn't seem like concrete technical and hard skills are developed.

My long term goal is to work at State or IC in government. The only benefit I can see from a job like this is the name brand of the firm on my resume. However is that worth it enough to take a position where I don't feel like it fits me or I fit into the culture? Furthermore, unlike virtually everyone else, I'm not HBS/top B-school/ivy undergrad credentialed and I worry about being staffed on 'stupid' assignments and being treated differently (even though during my interview process everyone was super nice).

Can anyone who has experience in strategy consulting at the type(s) of firms I'm talking about give me a better understanding of what I should expect and what types of careers it leads to?

Furthermore I worry about having zero control over the types of assignments I might get staffed on so two years from now when I look back, my experience is in some industry I have zero interest in..like CPG or digital marketing.

It seems most who exit from places like this end up going to work 'in industry' in which they consulted for...and therefore you end up at the whim of what you get staffed in your consulting career.

Thoughts?
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