[Rant] Can I just say... F*ck this field

For those of you who've been lurking, you know a thing or two about my well-documented recruitment "journey" in management consulting. But as a recap: I tried, I failed, I tried, I failed, I took a detour, and thought to try again. And now, cue the following scene in my dramatic re-entry into recruitment in management consulting: 

I applied to a lateral consulting gig like a month ago and I happened to know the recruiter so after I got dinged in record time (like three days from app submission), I had to ask: what was the reason for not providing an HR screen? It was a pretty niche role within my sector/area of expertise and I hyper-tailored my app package. My previous technology consulting experience was not "strategy enough". 

Ah yes, my only direct consulting experience which just so happens to also be in the exact sector they're looking to hire for, is misaligned. I say, "okay, I get it. I'll apply to a junior role at the firm instead so I can get some direct strategy consulting experience. After all, careers are not linear, I may get an early promotion or something, who knows." Flashforward to earlier this week. I'm advised by a different recruiter at the same firm that the junior role is "only open to undergraduate students and that I would not be considered" and then, love this part, I was advised to "look for a more senior role at [the same firm]". 

These consulting firms can be ungodly pretentious with their recruitment at times. Like sh*t guys, you're not preforming surgery, you're updating slide decks (okay, I know technically the work is a combination of primary research, some form of analysis, industry expert conversations, stakeholder management and consolidation in a comprehensive report split between the domain coverage and skillset applied, but... slide decks). I would know, I've taught enough about the field to define the industry's workflow from entry-level to engagement manager, the recruitment timeline to the actual interview questions.  

And all that was for a goddamn Round 0 interview for a job that would be a pay decrease and step down in seniority... perhaps management consulting just isn't for me. At least not until MBA (or maybe an early death, recruitment in this field always brings up a familiar sense of crippling frustration and demoralized spirit).