Young consultants are quitting for AI start-ups before their first promotion: one after three months, another before his second year was up. Most land in strategy and sales roles, not engineering. Consulting lost talent the same way in the dot-com boom; one consultant calls this shift bigger.
Young consultants are quitting for AI start-ups before their first promotion, one after three months and another before his second year at Accenture was up, mostly into strategy and sales roles rather than engineering; consulting lost talent the same way in the dot-com boom, and one consultant calls this shift bigger.
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Recruited Graduates Are Increasingly Leaving Jobs for A.I. Start-Ups
The New York Times · Sep 28, 2026
