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I wanted to share a different perspective as a hiring manager that has worked at multiple FAANGs.

As you start looking to get into more mid/senior levels, the consulting work starts to hinder more than help. Typically when we are looking at candidates we want to see long term ownership of a product or project. This can include things like dealing with operational issues, shipping major versions, or leading large architectural changes. Most of these things are quite rare in the consulting case. Typically consultants don't have much ownership over the code or major decisions about the product, and that becomes increasingly limiting for the scope and ambiguity you are able to demonstrate.

This is of course purely anecdotal and not all consulting roles are like this, but it is a trend I have encountered.

I don't know what your long term career goals are or what stage of your career you are in, but in the off chance you may look to return to a product focused org at a higher level you should be aware of the challenges that can come from long stints in consulting.