How exactly would you define work/life balance? You will typically travel 4/5 days a week. Even if you are lucky and only work 40 hours a week, you are still

How exactly would you define work/life balance? You will typically travel 4/5 days a week. Even if you are lucky and only work 40 hours a week, you are still not home. If you have a family and you enjoy being with them, then every hour you are not home is work even if you sitting in a hotel. When I was in consulting, for every trip to insert great city here I did 9 trips to some IT/Finance back office in the suburbs. At one place there was nothing for 15 miles other than a Hampton Inn, a Subway, and a 2 other local stores. So it's not like my off hours were fun either. I think it's worth it to do it once. When I did it I gained a lot of experience with both technical and soft skills. The soft skills have helped me a lot in my career. You also learn a lot because you get to see how big companies really work and experience the variety of BS politics at every company. Everybody company you work in as a consultant will have a different type of BS. After a year or two you'll know if you can tolerate that lifestyle.