I used to be a consultant and am now working in the private equity group of an i-bank Even though PE is a combination of consulting, ibanking and entreprenurship, you still find the skill sets and nature of job is so different from consulting. That said, switching from consulting to ibanking must be more difficult, and I guess the toughest part is really about culture difference -- in consulting you are supposed to be creative, but in ibanking, you are supposed to execute. A nice book to read is Monkey Business BTW, it is not easy for consultant to jump ship to ibanking, especially in this kind of market situation. |