Hi
I am going to my third year of uni and just finished an internship at a top 3 firm. It went great- good team, good case, great office, and fantastic city. I now have a choice between returning next summer or not coming back next summer and instead signing full time now for two years from now.
If I return next summer they will pay me even more than the associate's salary with the signing bonus. So it is very tempting. But there is also the option in my head of taking that summer off and doing something else abroad, through my university's programs, for example- work with the United Nations in France, or a company in Brazil while living with a host fam or cooking in Tuscany These are all summer opportunities where I would earn 5%-10% of what I would earn going back to the firm. The risk factor: all the programs with the university might get cancelled or be online if by summer 2022 covid is still affecting those countries greatly, whereas with my consulting internship it will 100% be in person- which I value.
My conflict is: should I try another eork experience/life experience next summer and grow from that or go with another summer in consulting, have the in person security, and know that I will be earning a really good salary?
Thank you so much for your advice