The Second Ladder
The Second Ladder
Real stories and actionable advice on making career leaps, building businesses, and living life on your own terms.
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The stuff I wish someone told me earlier.
The stuff I wish someone told me earlier.
Career Leaps
Stories and lessons from people who left consulting to become founders, operators, and executives.
Career Leaps
Stories and lessons from people who left consulting to become founders, operators, and executives.
Business Lessons
What I'm learning from running my own businesses—wins, failures, and everything in between.
Business Lessons
What I'm learning from running my own businesses—wins, failures, and everything in between.
Digital Nomad Life
How I've designed work around life—not the other way around.
Digital Nomad Life
How I've designed work around life—not the other way around.
A bit more about San
A bit more about San
And, more importantly, why this newsletter exists.
And, more importantly, why this newsletter exists.
I spent a decade in management consulting (Deloitte, Accenture, and Oracle). I was good at it. But I was also miserable.
My first attempt to leave consulting didn't work. My first business failed and I had to crawl back to consulting. That failure taught me something: escaping is easy—staying out and thriving requires a paradigm shift and frameworks to follow.
Now I run Consultant Exit, where I've helped 200+ consultants land roles at companies like Google, Amazon, Salesforce, and beyond.
I also document what I'm learning along the way in my businesses.
I write this newsletter because I wish someone had told me all of this earlier. The career stuff. The business lessons. The systems that actually save time.
If any of it helps you skip a few mistakes, it's worth it.
Clear thinking in a noisy world.
52,000+ people following along. Maybe you should too.
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This newsletter is like a breath of fresh air
The best thing I read all week
Finally, a newsletter that respects my time
I've made career decisions based on insights from this newsletter
I've unsubscribed from everything else
Always the highlight of my inbox
Somehow always relevant to exactly what I'm working on
Like having a brilliant friend filter the internet for you
I forward this to my team every week
Like a personal research assistant in my inbox
Worth every minute it takes to read
The only newsletter I open immediately
Changed how I think about information consumption
My secret weapon for staying informed
The antidote to information overload
I've stopped reading Twitter and just wait for this instead
Consistently thoughtful and never obvious
Makes me feel smarter in every meeting
Quality over quantity, finally
Better insights than most paid consulting
I get more from these 5 minutes than hours of news scanning
The signal in a world of noise
My thinking has evolved because of this newsletter
The perfect balance of practical and thought-provoking
The newsletter equivalent of a power nap
The stuff I wish someone told me earlier.
You'll only get emails worth reading. Unsubscribe any time.
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The Second Ladder
The Second Ladder
Real stories and actionable advice on making career leaps, building businesses, and living life on your own terms.
Subscribe
Why Subscribe?
Why Subscribe?
The stuff I wish someone told me earlier.
The stuff I wish someone told me earlier.
Career Leaps
Stories and lessons from people who left consulting to become founders, operators, and executives.
Career Leaps
Stories and lessons from people who left consulting to become founders, operators, and executives.
Business Lessons
What I'm learning from running my own businesses—wins, failures, and everything in between.
Business Lessons
What I'm learning from running my own businesses—wins, failures, and everything in between.
Digital Nomad Life
How I've designed work around life—not the other way around.
Digital Nomad Life
How I've designed work around life—not the other way around.
A bit more about San
A bit more about San
And, more importantly, why this newsletter exists.
And, more importantly, why this newsletter exists.
I spent a decade in management consulting (Deloitte, Accenture, and Oracle). I was good at it. But I was also miserable.
My first attempt to leave consulting didn't work. My first business failed and I had to crawl back to consulting. That failure taught me something: escaping is easy—staying out and thriving requires a paradigm shift and frameworks to follow.
Now I run Consultant Exit, where I've helped 200+ consultants land roles at companies like Google, Amazon, Salesforce, and beyond.
I also document what I'm learning along the way in my businesses.
I write this newsletter because I wish someone had told me all of this earlier. The career stuff. The business lessons. The systems that actually save time.
If any of it helps you skip a few mistakes, it's worth it.
Clear thinking in a noisy world.
52,000+ people following along. Maybe you should too.
Subscribe
0+
0+
0+
0+
Smart & Curious people subscribe to Beyond Consulting
Smart & Curious people subscribe to Beyond Consulting
Smart & Curious people subscribe to Beyond Consulting
And here's what they say about it.
And here's what they say about it.
And here's what they say about it.
This newsletter is like a breath of fresh air
The best thing I read all week
Finally, a newsletter that respects my time
I've made career decisions based on insights from this newsletter
I've unsubscribed from everything else
Always the highlight of my inbox
Somehow always relevant to exactly what I'm working on
Like having a brilliant friend filter the internet for you
I forward this to my team every week
Like a personal research assistant in my inbox
Worth every minute it takes to read
The only newsletter I open immediately
Changed how I think about information consumption
My secret weapon for staying informed
The antidote to information overload
I've stopped reading Twitter and just wait for this instead
Consistently thoughtful and never obvious
Makes me feel smarter in every meeting
Quality over quantity, finally
Better insights than most paid consulting
I get more from these 5 minutes than hours of news scanning
The signal in a world of noise
My thinking has evolved because of this newsletter
The perfect balance of practical and thought-provoking
The newsletter equivalent of a power nap
The stuff I wish someone told me earlier.
You'll only get emails worth reading. Unsubscribe any time.
Subscribe
The Second Ladder
The Second Ladder
Real stories and actionable advice on making career leaps, building businesses, and living life on your own terms.
Subscribe
Why Subscribe?
Why Subscribe?
The stuff I wish someone told me earlier.
The stuff I wish someone told me earlier.
Career Leaps
Stories and lessons from people who left consulting to become founders, operators, and executives.
Career Leaps
Stories and lessons from people who left consulting to become founders, operators, and executives.
Business Lessons
What I'm learning from running my own businesses—wins, failures, and everything in between.
Business Lessons
What I'm learning from running my own businesses—wins, failures, and everything in between.
Digital Nomad Life
How I've designed work around life—not the other way around.
Digital Nomad Life
How I've designed work around life—not the other way around.
A bit more about San
A bit more about San
And, more importantly, why this newsletter exists.
And, more importantly, why this newsletter exists.
I spent a decade in management consulting (Deloitte, Accenture, and Oracle). I was good at it. But I was also miserable.
My first attempt to leave consulting didn't work. My first business failed and I had to crawl back to consulting. That failure taught me something: escaping is easy—staying out and thriving requires a paradigm shift and frameworks to follow.
Now I run Consultant Exit, where I've helped 200+ consultants land roles at companies like Google, Amazon, Salesforce, and beyond.
I also document what I'm learning along the way in my businesses.
I write this newsletter because I wish someone had told me all of this earlier. The career stuff. The business lessons. The systems that actually save time.
If any of it helps you skip a few mistakes, it's worth it.
Clear thinking in a noisy world.
52,000+ people following along. Maybe you should too.
Subscribe
0+
0+
0+
0+
Smart & Curious people subscribe to Beyond Consulting
Smart & Curious people subscribe to Beyond Consulting
Smart & Curious people subscribe to Beyond Consulting
And here's what they say about it.
And here's what they say about it.
And here's what they say about it.
This newsletter is like a breath of fresh air
The best thing I read all week
Finally, a newsletter that respects my time
I've made career decisions based on insights from this newsletter
I've unsubscribed from everything else
Always the highlight of my inbox
Somehow always relevant to exactly what I'm working on
Like having a brilliant friend filter the internet for you
I forward this to my team every week
Like a personal research assistant in my inbox
Worth every minute it takes to read
The only newsletter I open immediately
Changed how I think about information consumption
My secret weapon for staying informed
The antidote to information overload
I've stopped reading Twitter and just wait for this instead
Consistently thoughtful and never obvious
Makes me feel smarter in every meeting
Quality over quantity, finally
Better insights than most paid consulting
I get more from these 5 minutes than hours of news scanning
The signal in a world of noise
My thinking has evolved because of this newsletter
The perfect balance of practical and thought-provoking
The newsletter equivalent of a power nap
The stuff I wish someone told me earlier.
You'll only get emails worth reading. Unsubscribe any time.