Anonymous
Post 06/06/2023 08:16     Subject: Best major for a kid who is interested in consulting
And you really can’t be a an effective consultant until you’ve had experience first, how can a 21-year-old consult a business on their practices when they have no business experience themselves?
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2023 08:16     Subject: Best major for a kid who is interested in consulting
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How can an 18 year old be interested in "consulting?" I'm 49 and I'm not even completely sure what consulting is or what they do.


This made me laugh because this is such an obscure Field. There are literally hundreds of different types of consulting. There are people that consult poop/sewage plants, the NRA, prison security, etc.


+1

OP, your kid needs to narrow it down. There is no general "consulting" job.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2023 08:15     Subject: Best major for a kid who is interested in consulting
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How can an 18 year old be interested in "consulting?" I'm 49 and I'm not even completely sure what consulting is or what they do.


This made me laugh because this is such an obscure Field. There are literally hundreds of different types of consulting. There are people that consult poop/sewage plants, the NRA, prison security, etc.


100% I was like wtf???

If you are consulting the President on foreign affairs, you are going to need to know that field. If you are consulting a company about its software system, you are going to know that system inside and out. If you are consulting about a security system or saving company electricity or budget, well….

So first question: consulting WHAT?


+1. There is no general consultant. Consultants specialize in a particular industry, typically. You can't have a passion for "consulting." Encourage your child to find a topic that is of interest to them and then pursue that interest from different angles. Your kid is interested in finance? Have her take accounting, math, economics, and monetary policy. Round it would with some fun classes in the history of economic systems, or comparative econ, and political science.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2023 08:13     Subject: Best major for a kid who is interested in consulting
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How can an 18 year old be interested in "consulting?" I'm 49 and I'm not even completely sure what consulting is or what they do.


This made me laugh because this is such an obscure Field. There are literally hundreds of different types of consulting. There are people that consult poop/sewage plants, the NRA, prison security, etc.


100% I was like wtf???

If you are consulting the President on foreign affairs, you are going to need to know that field. If you are consulting a company about its software system, you are going to know that system inside and out. If you are consulting about a security system or saving company electricity or budget, well….

So first question: consulting WHAT?


Come on.

?

You don’t just “do consulting“. You do tax consulting, legal consulting, organizational design consulting, systems design consulting, etc. and typically you don’t do that until you’ve had many years of experience. Who goes to college wanting to be a consultant?
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2023 08:12     Subject: Re:Best major for a kid who is interested in consulting
Business consultant?

Finance? IT? HR?

What type?
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2023 08:11     Subject: Re:Best major for a kid who is interested in consulting
^ there is usually something in front of the word “consultant”, e.g., my spouse is a software consultant.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2023 08:10     Subject: Best major for a kid who is interested in consulting
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How can an 18 year old be interested in "consulting?" I'm 49 and I'm not even completely sure what consulting is or what they do.


This made me laugh because this is such an obscure Field. There are literally hundreds of different types of consulting. There are people that consult poop/sewage plants, the NRA, prison security, etc.


100% I was like wtf???

If you are consulting the President on foreign affairs, you are going to need to know that field. If you are consulting a company about its software system, you are going to know that system inside and out. If you are consulting about a security system or saving company electricity or budget, well….

So first question: consulting WHAT?


Come on.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2023 08:09     Subject: Best major for a kid who is interested in consulting
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How can an 18 year old be interested in "consulting?" I'm 49 and I'm not even completely sure what consulting is or what they do.


This made me laugh because this is such an obscure Field. There are literally hundreds of different types of consulting. There are people that consult poop/sewage plants, the NRA, prison security, etc.


100% I was like wtf???

If you are consulting the President on foreign affairs, you are going to need to know that field. If you are consulting a company about its software system, you are going to know that system inside and out. If you are consulting about a security system or saving company electricity or budget, well….

So first question: consulting WHAT?
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2023 08:04     Subject: Best major for a kid who is interested in consulting
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How can an 18 year old be interested in "consulting?" I'm 49 and I'm not even completely sure what consulting is or what they do.


This made me laugh because this is such an obscure Field. There are literally hundreds of different types of consulting. There are people that consult poop/sewage plants, the NRA, prison security, etc.


Yeah. It reminds me of that commercial with little kids dressed as adults saying things like “when I grow up I want to get to middle management”. I forget what it was for now.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2023 07:52     Subject: Best major for a kid who is interested in consulting
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Information systems

You can go tech or management/strategy side. Our entire major was scooped up by consulting firms when I graduated.


This or data analytics


Data science, not data analytics.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2023 07:52     Subject: Re:Best major for a kid who is interested in consulting
Anonymous wrote:Accounting degree from UMD.


Nope, that’s only if you want to do audit or tax.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2023 07:52     Subject: Best major for a kid who is interested in consulting
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How can an 18 year old be interested in "consulting?" I'm 49 and I'm not even completely sure what consulting is or what they do.


It is completely possible for an 18 year old to be interested in being highly-compensated.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2023 07:51     Subject: Best major for a kid who is interested in consulting
Anonymous wrote:I agree with most of the above but at least it’s a half step above the soul deadening pursuits of corporate law and IB. Law by far the worst and definitely attracts a certain type


Curious as to what type of person you think is attracted to a career in law.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2023 07:47     Subject: Best major for a kid who is interested in consulting
Anonymous wrote:How can an 18 year old be interested in "consulting?" I'm 49 and I'm not even completely sure what consulting is or what they do.


This made me laugh because this is such an obscure Field. There are literally hundreds of different types of consulting. There are people that consult poop/sewage plants, the NRA, prison security, etc.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2023 06:22     Subject: Best major for a kid who is interested in consulting
I agree with most of the above but at least it’s a half step above the soul deadening pursuits of corporate law and IB. Law by far the worst and definitely attracts a certain type