Worked in consulting for 5 years mainly for large companies (> 20k employees) and it wasn't so nice. You'll end up solving problems that the digital natives sol

Worked in consulting for 5 years mainly for large companies (> 20k employees) and it wasn't so nice. You'll end up solving problems that the digital natives solved 15 years ago. Moreover, half of the projects were staffed just because some C level read something about 'new technology x' and it was deemed to be cornerstone of the business. Of course our whole work was thrown into the trash the second we were out of the door. Lots of colleagues were in consulting just for their ego, they didn't care about the customer as much as being idolatrized by them. I switched to a swe role in a faang company and in half of the time I learned twice as much I did in consulting about the real engineering problems the industry is facing. Consulting is fine if you need an ego boost, otherwise go to a company doing serious engineering.