I find the part about the MBB people not seeing any point in their work surprising. I used to work in strategy consulting. Their perception of “Wasteful” is pr

I find the part about the MBB people not seeing any point in their work surprising. I used to work in strategy consulting. Their perception of “Wasteful” is probably from the gobs of money these firms charge for what seems like a relatively small amount of work. But the clients aren’t really paying for the work. The value is having a trusted, third party sign off on whatever strategic initiative management wanted to push. And that IS worth gobs of money to them. Now I decided to leave because the job was really about helping rich people / firms get richer, and that didn’t feel meaningful to me. But it wasn’t a bullshit job.