The Rev. Thomas W. Powers, 35, the priest at St . Theresas in Trumbull, Conn., left a promising job at a global consulting firm to join Bishop Egan's dincese.
In recent days his position has softened: he said Podemos members will be consulted on whether to join forces with Ahora en Común.
In interviews I said things like, "I want to join consulting because of the steep learning curve -- you learn more in two years at (insert consulting firm name) than in 10 years at a regular corporation".
Ever since he left McKinsey, a consulting firm, in 1970, to join the cable industry, he has been single-minded about making money.
Usually it's brokers, not state regulators, that people consult when considering whether to join a ministry.
Ms. Cheng turned down a consulting offer in New York to join Venture for America.
Brand-name programs — the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business, and a few dozen others — are full of students pulling 70-hour weeks, if only to impress the elite finance and consulting firms they aspire to join.
High-profile recent departures to dot.com firms include Heidi Miller, chief financial officer of Citigroup, who has just joined Priceline.com, an online reverse-auction site for airline tickets and consumer goods; and last year's departure of Andersen Consulting's boss, George Shaheen, to join Webvan, an online grocer.
iFood's current CEO Felipe Fioravante quit a consulting job in 2009 to join the company with some of his friends.
He plans to join an arts consulting concern.
