Chief of Staff : Career Growth

Saw a surge in posts for Founder’s office/Chief of Staff roles, many people are interested in. What’s with the new trend?

I would like to say that Indian firms have made a joke out of critical titles such as Chief of Staff! 🤷‍♂️ In big tech; CoS is an extremely critical & cutthroat leadership role, equivalent to a Sr. Director but here anyone can be CoS at 4-5 yoe. 😅 Recently a similar folks applied for the role of L8 & recruiter pointed out that he is CoS & graduated in 2018. What do you think?

As the title suggests, I often wonder what is the natural progression for people who join startups in Chief of Staff or even Founder's office roles? Do they move to a specialized vertical internally? Or do they move to other startups in CoS roles? Or they do their own venture (I like to believe this is still less likely). Have this thought because a lot of Tier 1 MBA, MBB consultant profiles have been moving to these roles and it really makes me wonder what path would the careers of these top talents take?

Are the Lead - Founder's Office/Chief of Strategy roles worth it for someone with 9y experience in Business Operations? What can be suitable exit options here?

I consider myself a jack of all trades. I run a small biz on the size. I’m quite disheartened by the lack of generalist leadership roles in companies. There is no natural career progression for a chief of staff. Plus, salaries for chief of staffs are not at par with CXOs. Is there no other way to rise up the ranks in a generalist role?

Does it make sense to apply for MBA about 9 months after a job change? My career trajectory: - Mid office Investment banking (2.5 years) - Big 4 Management Consulting (7 months) - Venture Capital / Business Development (1.5 years) - Became Chief of Staff in a startup about 3 months ago. Want to apply to INSEAD, but was wondering if the switching hinders the application. Next deadline will come up in March end.