"I was at McKinsey for slightly under three years. I met a lot of people who were from different walks of life, and that made me feel it's OK to go and do different things. My first manager had been a doctor in the UK who left practice because she felt the healthcare system was broken. She joined McKinsey to do healthcare work. One of my favorite bosses had been in the US Marines and went to Iraq."
"I moved back to Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic, and McKinsey became less fun because everything was remote. The thing I enjoyed most - the people - began to decline. I knew I wanted to start something, but I realized I was pushing it off because it was hard to make a move during the pandemic. At some point, it felt like I was doing my job out of inertia."
"I left McKinsey in 2021 at the age of 27 and worked at a Singapore-based AI startup for two years, leading the go-to-market strategy. I went from being in a huge office with all kinds of perks to being in a coworking space with just two other people, and we had to figure everything out from scratch. I told my founder in the first month, "Maybe I should just go back to McKinsey because this feels too scary.""
Nathan Wangliao Yinan joined McKinsey in the UK in 2018 and worked there for slightly under three years, encountering managers from diverse backgrounds. He moved back to Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic, found remote work less engaging, and felt his role had become inertial. He left McKinsey in 2021 at age 27 and spent two years leading go-to-market at a Singapore-based AI startup. He transitioned from a large-office environment to a small coworking team, confronted early fears, and learned to unlearn consulting habits like overanalyzing. He now embraces fast decision-making, risk-taking, and hands-on startup leadership while building an AI company.
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