90% Travel Required
One of the best parts of a young consulting career, especially early on, is the ability to hop on a plane to some cool new destination Monday to Thursday, live in a hotel, eat foods you could never afford in college and get to work in cool new places every few months or years. It is fun and exciting and the days do go by a lot faster. Most traveling projects will require you to wake up on Monday at 4:30 AM to catch the 6:00 AM flight to your destination so you can get in as much billable time as possible. On the other side of the week, you will probably be catching the Thursday evening flight out to maximize your day as well. Most projects do not require you to stay until Friday, but from time to time it may be expected. Fair warning, however, the travel can be mentally and physically exhausting at times and definitely does become harder to do as you get older and settle down in life.
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