Why I Quit my High Paying Big 4 Data Science Consulting Job

Everything was going great and streamlined.
I was the brain of the data science team at my workplace and that usually happens in a good company. When you have a talent, you get the recognition for it. And when I was working in PwC, I was a data science consultant there. And I was the mastermind behind all of the data science projects in which I was involved. My colleagues like Managers, Associate Directors, Directors, Partners, used to come to me and ask me various concepts and various application of data science and statistics. It was a very great phase of my career. 

Down the line, you have to think as to where this is going towards.
How this is going to be in medium to long term. When I thought of the medium to long term prospects, my career goals were slightly in different direction. I wanted a more senior kind of data science position, a more statistical data science position, a position which has more applications of economics and finance.

So, my projects involved a mix of data science, marketing, programming, business analysis, and much more. One specific project which gave me a lot of learning as far as 'R programming' is concerned, was a really game changing project for my career.
I learned a lot of programming just from that project. That project involved so many R codes, those codes were not simple, but like a puzzle. Once you unravel the key, everything starts fitting into place and then you understand the big picture and then you get the essence of the whole exercise and why it is done. So this was the scenario in my big 4 or PwC data science consulting job. 

The offer which I got after, is in a market research firm. The kind of work which I do in this firm now, is in the intersection of economics, statistics and data science. 

Everyone has their own personal journey. So, you might want to get into programming side of data science or you might want to get into the model development or statistics side of data science or you might get into a domain specific data science. None of these categories fit really well into my personality traits or my aptitude.
In my opinion, it is the mix of all these three and that is what really drives my career moves.
In future also, my career moves or project choices will be governed by that idea, that would refine my understanding of my expertise.