Finance vs Consulting: What’s the Best Career Path?

12/08/2025 23 min

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Episode Synopsis

Struggling to choose between Finance and Consulting?In this episode, we break down the two most popular career paths for business students by comparing them across 5 key factors:1. How much money you can make2. Prestige of each career3. Work-life balance4. The type of work you’ll do5. Exit opportunitiesI’m joined by my friend Kelly He Sun, who’s worked at Goldman Sachs in sales & trading and BCG as a management consultant.00:00 Intro1:03 1. Money10:20 2. Prestige12:28 3. Work-life balance15:37 4. The work itself18:02 5. Exit opportunities21:27 Final word of advice22:46 Outro + next video#consulting #finance #career