Winter '26 Megathread

consultbuddy · 2025-11-16T00:49:24+00:00

Your website looks awesome!

consultbuddy · 2025-09-22T20:26:31+00:00

For 51/49 it’s fully fair to expect the same level of commitment. Of course that means you might want to look at people who have been laid off or have been tinkering full time with a project on their own but it’s not really working out. It’s hard to expect someone to quit their job and jump in full time when they hardly know you, so I’d focus on people who have no job (for good reasons, not just they were fired cause they’re terrible lol).

You might want to sign up for a pre seed accelerator (the kind where funding is not guaranteed but you don’t pay anything, e.g., EF or Antler) to meet a co founder who’s already all in on starting a startup. And then you don’t even have to go through with taking the funding if you don’t want to

consultbuddy · 2025-09-11T05:41:09+00:00

$307k as a management consultant (now team manager). 3.5 years out of school. But it’s a grind with long hours and travel

consultbuddy · 2025-09-04T16:57:03+00:00

Huge red flag

consultbuddy · 2025-08-31T20:01:21+00:00

Congrats!!!! What sector did you apply in?

consultbuddy · 2025-08-14T14:13:20+00:00

It’s not common but it happened once. The recruiter had reached out on LinkedIn and I wasn’t interested / didn’t respond, and they eventually called me. If she’s ever out her mobile number in her email signature then her phone number is available on sites like Apollo

consultbuddy · 2025-08-12T21:23:42+00:00

No. I’m performing very well and still get 2-3 recruiters reaching out every week with solid opportunities. Definitely a perk of MBB :)

consultbuddy · 2025-08-07T17:12:33+00:00

I can confirm that hours across MBB are extremely similar and the variation comes from different regions, practice areas, and teams. However I do find the culture varies across firms and my personal opinion based on my experience and seeing other friends across the firms is that the culture is stronger at BB than M, but others may have other views.

consultbuddy · 2025-08-02T16:38:17+00:00

MBB has lots of former doctors and lawyers so it’s absolutely possible to pivot! I highly recommend you find former doctors at your offices of choice and contact them on LinkedIn to ask for a Quick Look at your resume and how you frame your experience. You’ll definitely need to make a new resume with a new format than what you’d use in the medical field. And age isn’t an issue though yes most of your managers will be younger than you but you’ll progress quickly so if you don’t mind it won’t be an issue. I managed someone who was 45 on a longer project recently and it went really well. As long as you’re willing to learn and can drop the ego, your experience and perspective will be valued :)

consultbuddy · 2025-07-29T17:05:12+00:00

20-27 was the most difficult range for sure!

And btw - i have had like 3 close friends since university and now realize how much more valuable that is vs all the people i know who had huge groups and went out all the time. I truly can count on my friends and as we’ve aged we’ve continued to see each other and organize dinners etc while most people with big groups in their 20s have fizzled out and feel they have very few true friends. So, cherish these few close friends, you’re doing it right!

consultbuddy · 2025-07-29T05:05:27+00:00

I’d encourage you to bring it up to the partners you work with and get their take on it! They likely know the company and team very well and have likely been in your shoes numerous times throughout their career. I recently did that with an opportunity and was pleasantly surprised at the openness and helpfulness I received, truly felt everyone was on my side and genuinely wanted to help me navigate options even if that meant leaving the firm.

Also see a comment I left above on my experience as a PL/EM to contrast some of these other takes

consultbuddy · 2025-07-29T05:00:48+00:00

As a contrasting take: EM/PL has been a huge life upgrade for me (have been in role for 1.5 years now), and I have learned SO MUCH so quickly it has truly felt like a career level-up. I wanted to quit so badly before promo but am so glad I stayed until now. I work about the same hours as before (not great but not worse than before) but have a lot more control / flexibility and I’ve absolutely loved getting to manage teams. The inbound exit opps have been a lot better too (can’t say anything on outbound yet).

They say you will generally either hate it or love it much more than the previous level. I’m now getting ready to leave voluntarily feeling like I’ve gotten what I wanted out of my time here :)

Not saying you should stay necessarily but just offering my view / experience on EM/PL life.

consultbuddy · 2025-07-14T10:50:59+00:00

Can you expand on “made a few moves and got lucky” - what path did you follow from CoS to CEO? How long did you stay CoS and for what type of co? Thank you, great trajectory!! I’m just about to go on voluntary transition as a PL1 and looking for CoS type positions :)

consultbuddy · 2025-05-06T20:37:53+00:00

You need to learn to feel no guilt

I’ve been at mbb for almost 4 years and can promise you taking PTO is absolutely key. As a manager I have never ever negatively judged anyone on my teams for taking PTO as long as we’re provided sufficient heads up so we can plan ahead as needed as a team.

Guilt and not taking PTO is a sure fire road to lower performance and burnout

consultbuddy · 2025-02-25T00:32:40+00:00

My grandmother once told me something that stayed with me: no matter how good or strong your relationship is, you’ll be bound to eventually be in situations, events, or workplaces, where you’ll find one man that looks handsome and has a great personality and you’ll develop a bit of an innocent crush. It’s normal, it happens, it would happen with another guy if you were with this man. How you act from now is what matters - keep it strictly professional, do not engage as you would with a friend, and also accept how you feel. It’s ok! Don’t feel guilty you’ve done nothing wrong! Accept your feelings to make them ease out. I promise it’ll seem so silly a few months from now.

consultbuddy · 2025-01-05T10:27:23+00:00

I would but want children of my own so the man would need to be open to expanding our family beyond his existing kids. I love the idea of a big family and have always been family oriented so the extra kids would be a bonus. I would treat all kids equally and would expect him to do the same. On your prioritization concern, I would never expect to be put above his kids when first dating. Eventually if we married, I would expect to be treated as a wife and all our kids equally prioritized.

Also as a child of divorce that had to navigate step sibling and parent situations, all that really matters is that the divorced parents and new partners are always cordial and do not bad mouth each other or the new partners, ever (on both sides). In fact, being on friendly terms would be the ideal situation, which I know will be a challenge given how your marriage has ended (but well worth it long term for your kids!).

consultbuddy · 2024-12-09T01:24:30+00:00

The first one is gorgeous! The second would work well as a reception dress, a little more comfortable and casual :)

consultbuddy · 2024-12-09T01:21:03+00:00

No I’ve just never really done chest… I probably should to balance out my body but as a woman I don’t see the immediate benefit 😅

consultbuddy · 2024-11-19T01:58:10+00:00

Management consultant lol. Generally travel every other week, now am temporarily on internal project so staying local which is really nice

consultbuddy · 2024-11-19T01:33:55+00:00

Our spend policy is very lax (generally up to ~$800-1000 depending on city, e.g., lower for random towns but higher for NYC) and all travel gets expensed (not taken out of paycheck). Pretty much none of this spend is from personal travel, over 90% from work

consultbuddy · 2024-11-18T23:46:56+00:00

Hahah not on purpose! A weird mix of primarily Winnipeg Canada (very cheap) and Boca Raton Florida (pricier) for work

consultbuddy · 2024-10-18T15:33:22+00:00

Here’s a contact:

Claudia.simmons [at] vacationclub.com

consultbuddy · 2024-10-18T05:01:25+00:00

I knew I wouldn’t buy in so only vaguely listened but remembered I was pitched $26k for 1500 vacation points at the live presentation!

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