DON’T BECOME A CONSULTANT

Multimillionaire investor Kevin O’Leary, from TV’s “Shark Tank,” is also an Executive Fellow at Harvard, teaching an MBA course in entrepreneurship called The Founder Mindset. In his course, he tells Fortune magazine in a new interview, there is one career that he strongly advises his students to avoid, saying if you choose that career path, you “are tainted meat for the rest of your life.” That career is… any guesses? Consulting. He says, “Look, if you want to drift into hell on Earth, stay 24 months in a consulting firm. No one’s going to hire you to make a decision because you never have made one. If you’re there for more than two than 24 months, you get the virus. You’re tainted—your resume says you were someone of no consequence.” He adds, “Why would anybody burn all those hours while someone else makes money, and you do nothing of consequence?” He does note that consulting jobs can offer $250,000 to $350,000 salaries right off the bat. Still, he encourages students to start their own businesses.
* I was really afraid he was going to say “radio.”
* Thank god the radio industry doesn’t use consultants. Now here’s Van Morrison and “Brown-Eyed Girl.”