[azurelogic]

Your post sounded like you're very front end focused. There's 2 options in the consulting world there. The first is to join a front end focused consultancy. There are places that just do UX and front end design.

The second is to join a general consultancy. This is going to make you rub shoulders with all types of devs. If you want to be a true generalist/full-stack type, this is a better route. You'll have mentors who can teach you server side code, SQL, deployment, security, etc.

I got my MS in CS and Applied Math (my BS was in unrelated science). When I got my first consulting job, I had strong backend and algorithmic skills, but very little front end experience. I found a mentor at that job who was a HTML/CSS expert, and I learned a ton from him. That job also made me learn how to setup CI, fix legacy code, and dig in databases to isolate data issues. Oh, and I definitely had to talk to customers. Now, I have no problems executing a full stack project from start to finish because I can extract requirements, design a UI, write the server code, turn the model into a schema, and deploy it all.