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Hi Mr. ENTJ, hope you’re doing well! How is the work life balance for corporate strategy compared to consulting? I’m a consultant (pre-MBA, 2 years in) who enjoys the problem solving and teamwork aspects of consulting, but want something that gives me more time on the weekdays to pursue my personal passions. Are there options other than corporate strategy you’d recommend based on personal or peer experiences?

You as well.

Corporate strategy has had much better work-life balance compared to consulting. I have my evenings/weekends back and no more weekly travel with the exception of occasional international trips to put out fires halfway across the world. The most I had to travel in one year post-consulting was in 2018 when I had to be in Tokyo (x3), Singapore (x2), Malaysia, Dublin, and Portland in a 7-month span but even then I was able to bring my wife with me and we converted some of that into a vacation. Be prepared to lose airline and hotel status. During busy season, I may pull the occasional 50-60 hour week but it’s for short sprints only and it typically won’t last longer than 2-3 weeks for intense engagements.

Keep in mind I work in BigTech that’s known for work-life balance and extreme perks so your mileage will vary depending on your own exit.

Look into product management or business operations as alternatives.

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[mr-entj]

Hi! I remembered a while back ago that you mentioned working in corporate strategy in Life Science/Health. What resources did you use to keep up to date with the fields? Was there a lot of scientists turned consultants in the field or the same as any other field of consulting?

The news from time to time, but otherwise, most skills in consulting are learned on the job through working with your seniors (senior consultants, managers, senior managers, engagement manager/partner/director). The firm has all the institutional knowledge you need from consulting frameworks to past engagements to use for current projects. You don’t need to keep up to date with the fields unless the project specifies a certain topic you need to quickly read up on in which case they’ll give you the materials to absorb before arriving at the client site so you can show up as the ‘expert’.

No, there weren’t a lot of scientists turned consultants in the field. People who choose to become scientists are subject matter experts in their field but they tend to have a narrow view of the business and a very specific set of skills. Being a researcher that works with chemicals and materials to make new medications is completely different than building corporate strategy to run the pharmaceutical company. They tend to struggle with high-level business requirements such as seeing the big picture and they tend to dislike the client management/socializing/politicking side of consulting (disclaimer for people triggered by generalizations: not always). We get more pre-med majors turned consultants.

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