Pros
The people are welcoming, supportive and want you to succeed. You learn commercial and soft skills and are exposed to a vast array of industries and companies. The pay is strong for an entry-level job, especially if you perform well. The hours are usually 8am-6:30/7pm but that varies on your team, workload, efficiency, and segment.
Cons
It is not an intellectually demanding enough role. There's no deep work involved (no real reading except for scanning articles and emails) and a large portion of your time is spent sending emails, slack messages, or adding people on LinkedIn. You do spend plenty of time on the phone with experts, but it's only 3-8 minutes each to vet their background. This is the most interesting part of the job as you have to ask the right questions, you learn about their career and industry, and you get to practice soft skills like negotiation. However, even after talking to 10-20 advisors for a project, you come away with quick-hitting facts and a better understanding of their former company or industry, but that's about the extent of it. You don't develop a framework or model for how to navigate problems or make better business decisions. You're simply passing on these experts' backgrounds to investors or consultants who then speak to them for an hour or more in order to help them make better decisions.
