tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20073703.post114666367286675312..comments2023-09-17T13:00:48.284+02:00Comments on angel angie in London: Week in the life of a consultantangiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00555602254191133348noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20073703.post-85454532167945570432011-09-21T22:57:29.255+02:002011-09-21T22:57:29.255+02:00anonymous - that depends on the consulting firm, m...anonymous - that depends on the consulting firm, many of them support MBAs so it would not be a problem. one year into the job is a bit quick perhaps, just be open-minded about it.<br /><br />Nathan - as a trader I work between 50-60 hours per week, the most common schedule is about 7am - 6pm<br /><br />i'd say min-max is<br />trading 50 - 65<br />IB 60 - 100<br />Consultng 55 -80<br />just roughly<br />and trading is the highest paid, so you know where the smart and lazy people go :-).angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00555602254191133348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20073703.post-15056394742410738782010-02-22T16:08:23.956+01:002010-02-22T16:08:23.956+01:00Hi Angie,
How many hours a day/week will you be w...Hi Angie,<br /><br />How many hours a day/week will you be working as a trader? Can you please post an entry about different job titles with min/max hours of work required daily/weekly from IB and MC candidates?<br /><br />And, I have been reading your posts, actually I started to follow you today and still trying to catch up. If you already made a post with this information I appreciate if you can send me the link.<br /><br />Thanks<br /><br />NathanM. Nedim Tokmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01049797662265684548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20073703.post-55477560083915229602010-02-19T11:09:26.380+01:002010-02-19T11:09:26.380+01:00hi angel....thans 4 such a post...really provided ...hi angel....thans 4 such a post...really provided great insight...i have a query...actually i am applying in a consultancy firm but i plan 2 go for mba next year so should i reveal this fact to them if incase i am asked to sign for a bond??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20073703.post-76992263148438595792009-12-17T20:55:48.541+01:002009-12-17T20:55:48.541+01:00What a great post, I had only heard from people wh...What a great post, I had only heard from people what life is like. But in your post you made it sound fun to me. <br />Thank you.Vijayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05942341083399277485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20073703.post-75538762392330506132008-02-27T17:16:00.000+01:002008-02-27T17:16:00.000+01:00Thanks for such an amazing and vivid description o...Thanks for such an amazing and vivid description of a consulant job. Like forrest gump said there a lot of people who actually love their jobs. Im a service engineer with a company which is one of the best in many industries. But i work for a smaller region and i don't like my job at all. I dread waking up every morning to go to work. The happiest days are when i have no work. I've been in this for the past 19 months, tried to get into something else, but luck didnt come my way. This is one of the reasons i felt the need for an MBA, as i would have a multitude of options post MBA. <BR/>I really want to get into consulting or startegy management. One thing i learned in my current job is I love to solve others problems. Angie, it would be great if you can advice me on the steps to get into consulting. Im an engineering major in Biomedical.august rushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435578835433730007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20073703.post-33868540940770659612007-03-18T04:55:00.000+01:002007-03-18T04:55:00.000+01:00Thanks a ton for such a wonderful post.. What an i...Thanks a ton for such a wonderful post.. What an idiot I am :) You wrote it for my query and I am reading it today after such a long time.. thanks to the tags you added :)<BR/><BR/>I have taken up an internsip with a consulting firm for a few months before I start MBA and I agree to most of what you said.. its a small firm so the culture is a bit diff but still most of it is same! And so far I am loving it and all game for it.. <BR/><BR/>Thanks once again for spending so much time to answer my queries..MBABloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442252153037013441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20073703.post-1149485698927830492006-06-05T07:34:00.000+02:002006-06-05T07:34:00.000+02:00Not an MBA here, but a fellow consultant in that t...Not an MBA here, but a fellow consultant in that third category you've described..waiting for my chance to get away from the consulting life. Congrats on leaving and best wishes with your new direction in life!Searcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01268381042823503169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20073703.post-1147446011514407262006-05-12T17:00:00.000+02:002006-05-12T17:00:00.000+02:00mbayisyen, Lufthansa meals are good on longer dist...mbayisyen, Lufthansa meals are good on longer distance flights, it's just on national flights that they are pretty poor, usually white bread with ham or salami and that's it. They've improved a little bit recently and sometimes they offer some fruit in the morning or a salad in the evening, but 9 out of 10 flights it's the white bread with cheap pork :-(. I can't believe myself how much time I have spent on airports and in taxis over the last years.angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00555602254191133348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20073703.post-1147444630197701412006-05-12T16:37:00.000+02:002006-05-12T16:37:00.000+02:00I don't know but I really don't mind Lufthansa's m...I don't know but I really don't mind Lufthansa's meals. They're much better than thsoe served on North American airlines. Frankly speaking, I travelled a lot for work and I think a body can only take so many flights in a given period. I dreaded going on yet another flight. Sad considering how much I enjoyed traveling (for fun).mbayisyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11741977335192765741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20073703.post-1146813443665108222006-05-05T09:17:00.000+02:002006-05-05T09:17:00.000+02:00tomv, glad to be of help.Forrest Gump - I agree wi...tomv, glad to be of help.<BR/><BR/>Forrest Gump - I agree with you that there must be people who love their job. What I was trying to say when I said that no job is "fun" was that even if you do a job you love, one cannot expect it to be fun most of the time. Just take a dedicated doctor helping starving children or an actor in a theatre. I'm sure such people love their jobs, but still these jobs are very tough and demanding. So it was just a matter of semantics.<BR/><BR/>Apart from that, I'm sure you're right that bschools must have an unusually high number of people who aren't 100% convinced by what they're doing and want to do something better. Let's hope we won't be disappointed :-) !angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00555602254191133348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20073703.post-1146790437805878932006-05-05T02:53:00.000+02:002006-05-05T02:53:00.000+02:00AA thaks for the post. I was curious about manage...AA thaks for the post. I was curious about management/strategy consulting. I did some research onto "a day in life" of consulting, but yours is has more detail and honest about highs and lows. Hopefully I'll still want to continue that direction once I start my application for LBS for next year. Hopefully I'll get in. If not, there's a couple of other B-schools I have as secondary choices.-tvuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494592393970421937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20073703.post-1146715030695243332006-05-04T05:57:00.000+02:002006-05-04T05:57:00.000+02:00AA - I would beg to differ. There are jobs where p...AA - I would beg to differ. There are jobs where people are happy, and I personally think that for each profession, there are people who enejoy it a lot (probably true for consulting as well). I write software code for bread, but I dont feel energised about that fact when I wake up in the morning. But I will tell you this, there are people who actually love this line of job so much that they are willing to spend their whole day in office. It doesnt make any difference to them that by doing so they are in turn ruining their work-life balance. I have a friend who is charged up each time he learns that their is a new technology or software in the market, and he goes the extra mile to learn that - and probably that's the reason he's doing so well. I may be wrong in saying this - but I feel that most(definitely not all) future MBAs are the people who for some reason dont completely enjoy what they at work, and probably approach an MBA with the desire to explore greener pastures. So the feeling that "work is not fun" probably resonates more in our community (of MBA applicants) than it would otherwise do. What do you think?Forrest Gumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515578388077276986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20073703.post-1146686752110782972006-05-03T22:05:00.000+02:002006-05-03T22:05:00.000+02:00Thank you very much for your comments. I would lik...Thank you very much for your comments. I would like to address some of the questions<BR/><BR/>Forrest:<BR/>I don't think you can say it's "fun" in general, it's a tough job and they don't pay a lot for fun but because they also expect a lot in terms of sacrifice. You have good times and bad times and I think there are more ups and downs than in normal jobs, so more excitement/fun in some moments but also more frustration and pressures.I think hardly any job is fun all the time (probably none, unfortunately)<BR/><BR/>fm:<BR/>what do you mean exactly with the pros and cons in their roles? do you mean if MBAs do different things at the job than other consultants??<BR/><BR/>moe:<BR/>I agree with you completely. I wonder how you will decide about returning in the end. Many former analysts have warned me you become nostalgic very soon and think it wasn't that bad.<BR/><BR/>julius:<BR/>I think it is both. You need well qualified people who have other opportunities elsewhere so you have to pay them better than anyone else. You couldn't demand such sacrifice from people who could easily work in an easier job without offering good money. Once you take less qualified people, you can't justify the astronomic fees to the client anymore.<BR/><BR/>Benny:<BR/>I only browser your post quickly and didn't find any criticism, seems like I missed it. You'll never know what was behind their decision I guess.angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00555602254191133348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20073703.post-1146675195264743922006-05-03T18:53:00.000+02:002006-05-03T18:53:00.000+02:00Great post. I would say you managed to describe ve...Great post. <BR/>I would say you managed to describe very well a consultant's life.<BR/><BR/>btw, about the scholarship, I criticized the Fundacao (non-profit company). You didn't... so there is a great difference...Bennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752268140580152391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20073703.post-1146669696037608352006-05-03T17:21:00.000+02:002006-05-03T17:21:00.000+02:00Thanks..sounds interesting and challenging, and a ...Thanks..sounds interesting and challenging, and a valuable learning ground for several years. Do MBA students have any significantly different pros / cons to their roles?FMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11738825610425970380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20073703.post-1146669167706646102006-05-03T17:12:00.000+02:002006-05-03T17:12:00.000+02:00wow, that is hectic and looks tough, which makes m...wow, that is hectic and looks tough, which makes me ask - besides the money and status that might come with the consultant job, is working as a consultant fun?Forrest Gumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515578388077276986noreply@blogger.com