💬 Opinion Apr 2, 2026 · Tim DeRoche

The McKinsey Century

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My early twenties played out like a demented mash-up of Wall Street and Caddyshack. After graduating from college as an English major, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. But somehow I finagled a job offer from McKinsey & Company, the consultancy famous for slapping dark suits onto cherubic Ivy Leaguers and injecting them straight into the bloodstream of corporate America.That is how, in the summer of 1994, I found myself sitting across from the CEO of a $300

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