Consulting is great if you really don't know what you want to do, but need to join the workforce. Pay is seemingly great, you get to travel a lot, you're expos

Consulting is great if you really don't know what you want to do, but need to join the workforce. Pay is seemingly great, you get to travel a lot, you're exposed to a bunch of different industries and companies from the highest level. The McKinsey/Bain/BCG prestige factor can open a lot of doors down the road, and you probably get a solid network of future titans of industry. I haven't worked as a consultant, but that was the sales pitch we got. And I've at least noticed that a many startups tend to have ex-consultants onboard as founders or executives.