25% of Yale goes to Consulting, Finance

Post by vecter » Mon, Oct 03, 2011, 5:46 AM UTC

bocmaxima wrote: post #27

kapilkale wrote: post #4

I don't regret going to management consulting after college. In my opinion, it's the best possible career choice for people who don't know what they want to do. In my time in consulting, I was exposed to people in every corporate function possible, and had the chance to see what their jobs were like. I worked for tech companies, PE firms, corporations, and government-regulated entities. I spent 6 months in growth equ…

FB and Amazon turned out just fine without your help, the only reason you wish you had worked there was in order to extract and benefit from the great pool of wealth and prestige. Your value to society is nil for as long as you spend more mental energy consuming more than you create. Remember that all highly educated people bear a responsibility much greater than ourselves, and this responsibility is fulfilled only b…

Post by potatolicious » Mon, Oct 03, 2011, 5:49 AM UTC

jrockway wrote: post #21

turing wrote: post #13

I was actually discussing this with a fellow Yale student over dinner tonight. We both came to the same, largely negative, conclusion as the professors interviewed in the article: "it’s an unproductive use of Yalies’ time." These students are given opportunities most people only dream of. We are exposed to leaders in our fields every day. We are blessed with a $20 billion endowment that enables nearly anything we can…

Maybe Yale should use that endowment to pay people to give back to society? In the end, people don't become bankers or consultants because they are looking for the easiest way to be a drain on society. They do it because society gives them a lot of money for doing it, and they have to pay off their $100,000 student loans and raise a family.

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Oct 03, 2011, 5:58 AM UTC

bocmaxima wrote: post #27

kapilkale wrote: post #4

I don't regret going to management consulting after college. In my opinion, it's the best possible career choice for people who don't know what they want to do. In my time in consulting, I was exposed to people in every corporate function possible, and had the chance to see what their jobs were like. I worked for tech companies, PE firms, corporations, and government-regulated entities. I spent 6 months in growth equ…

FB and Amazon turned out just fine without your help, the only reason you wish you had worked there was in order to extract and benefit from the great pool of wealth and prestige. Your value to society is nil for as long as you spend more mental energy consuming more than you create. Remember that all highly educated people bear a responsibility much greater than ourselves, and this responsibility is fulfilled only b…

Post by kapilkale » Mon, Oct 03, 2011, 6:13 AM UTC

pigbucket wrote: post #32

jessriedel wrote: post #6

Honestly, should the consulting thing confuse or worry anyone? First, my understanding is that the term "consultant" has become so broad that it basically just means "contractor" for intellectual jobs; it covers coding, management, business strategy, and a million other things. Second, even if we stick to a slightly more narrow definition, consulting essentially boils down to smart people going around to existing bus…

> Honestly, should the consulting thing confuse or worry anyone? I think the author did a pretty good job of explaining why she is worried, and while your two points are compelling, neither really addresses that explanation. You've got people who wanted to be artists, or public servants, or writers, or filmmakers, or non-profit workers, giving up their dreams for the sake of the security offered seductively by profes…

Post by tikhonj » Mon, Oct 03, 2011, 7:46 AM UTC