After all medals (assuming one cares to try for them all), missions, etc, what are the various pros and cons for a final race/profession combination. I'm coming up on that decision over the next few months. I use GP regularly so switching is not a huge problem for me.

My top 3 (not in any particular order here) are:

Aerlen Fixer = Def and Hull are always good plus it helps the legion base
Taleth Explorer = AP and scan saturation
Zolazin Spy = enough cloak to be "off the grid" on battle tabs

What are some considerations from the community here?

the most common final race/profession I have seen is the IM bored and leaving

"final" as in I have no foreseeable to ever switch (not that I won't ever - just that I've got all the medals I need, etc).

Talth/Expl if you're not wanting to switch again ever.

Talith explorer was my original top pick. Does Zolazin Spy provide enough cloak to be off the grid. Because there would be a benefit to that?

Konqul Excavator is also a good choice.

talth or konqul excavaator.

I would say Taltherian Excavator, but I would also say to keep switching between that and Litheor Excavator, so it's not really "final". That's my plan, though; max out artifact planets, and every so often switch to put good structures on them, then switch back.

This. Staying forever as an Explorer is foolish. Excavator means 10% more purgers, which is 10% more scans, which is 10% more good planets. I rarely scan good planets that are anywhere near my maximum scan - most of the time they're like 2k cloak.

Excavator is *the* endgame profession. The only other thing worth even considering is Fixer, and that's a distant second. Everything else is crap.

Taltherian,Litheor, or Konqul are all fine choices for race, although I do what Ferrus does and bounce between Taltherian and Litheor every few months.