I have always been wanting a career in management consulting or strategy consulting companies like McKinsey BCG Bain & Company.  Being in IT consulting for over 3 years I wonder if it’s still possi...

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I have always been wanting a career in management consulting or strategy consulting companies like McKinsey BCG Bain & Company.

Being in IT consulting for over 3 years I wonder if it’s still possible for me to transition to management or strategy consulting companies?

Any help or insight on this is appreciated.

Is it possible to shift from IT consulting company to MBB?

Consultant

Is it possible to shift from IT consulting company to MBB?- Grapevine

Hi there,

I have 3.5 years of IT engineering experience and am considering transitioning to consulting. However, I don't have an MBA. Is this switch feasible? If so, what skills and experiences should I highlight on my CV? Are there any certifications or courses that would help?

I appreciate any advice or insights!

Advice needed!

Software Engineer

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I currently work as a Solution Consultant in one of the Top MNCs for Digital transformation
I have been thinking for a while to move into a consultant role in one of the MBBs 
Current experience 4 years.

Can anyone suggest ? Anyone working in MBB can we connect?

Transition into MBB?

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Hi, is there a possibility to get into senior consulting roles @ MBB while having 4YOE as a B2C PM(total 5YOE, no MBA)?

Also what's the salary like for such positions in MBB?

PM -> Consultant?

Product Manager

I currently work as a senior analyst in risk management and analytics at one of the big 3. Don’t really like the work or long hours. What are my exit options? 
Can I move to tech in some product or strategy roles?
Or can I get a VC or PE analyst role?

Appreciate if anyone can share their experience of post exit from consulting.

Yoe 3
MBA tier 2

Exit opportunities post MBB experience.

Founder

I am working as a pre-sales consultant in an IT company. Just wanted to know can I switch to management consulting roles in the future?

Career stream switch

Hi all, looking to transition from Analyst to consultant role. Can anyone please guide how to switch from Analyst to consulting role?
No prior consulting experience and no MBA. 

Any guidance is highly appreciated 
Thanks in advance.

Analyst to Consultant

Analyst

I am very fascinated by Management Consulting and been speaking with ex consultants. All of them are critical of it, but agree the money is good 🤤

Need advice 

- Do these companies take lateral hires? I have seen only IIM candidates freshly graduated being taken in
I'm not IIM, but MBA with 6 years of work ex

- MBB have shittiest WLB and highest money. Which comes down as per tier. Which is the best tier to get into, so I have best of both worlds (less shitty WLB with lesser money)

Getting into Management Consulting

I'm a 28-year-old guy currently employed as a data scientist at a Fortune 500 company, earning a respectable annual salary of 24 lakhs. Lately, I've been contemplating pursuing an MBA, but I haven't initiated my GMAT preparation yet. I'm wondering if it's a wise move to transition my career in this direction. I've heard that individuals with a tech background who graduate from IIM/ISB might need to begin their careers anew, typically with a salary in the range of 27 to 28 lakhs. Can you confirm if this is accurate?

Data scientist —> MBA? Grass greener on the other side ?

I have been working in front end consulting for around 2 years now (first job) and am struggling to understand my options in terms of career paths and in the long term. 
A) Would love to know more about some career trajectories post consulting + some people who have inspired you whom I can check out on linkedin (in case grapevine allows for it).
B) How feasible is a pivot to industry post consulting?

Post Consulting- what can I look forward to?

Business Development Manager

I will join a IT service company soon as a solution manager in AI/cloud domain. Would like to know how is this role? 
What could be the future options for me and what other roles/companies can I switch to if i think?

How is the Solution Manager role?

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Software Project Manager

Hi Guys,
I  am working as a software developer in Oracle( btech from old IIT) . Its been 2 years and I now want to switch to management consulting (preferable in MBB) to experience it so want to give MBA.

1. I did some research but I want to gain some information on the salary aspect of it. I heard that the salaries are not that high they would probably be in the same range that I am getting now. BUT, I want to know in the long run do consultants get more hikes compared to tech roles? 

2. I heard the wlb is pretty bad so is there some resource that I can study to know if thats the right suit for me since its a big risk I’ll be taking moving on to a different field. There are some good exit opportunities also I believe after MBB can someone tell more about it.

Would really appreciate some answers on this. Its on my head for a long time. Cheers!

MBB roles salaries in long run/ worth taking risk

Software Developer

Currently working as an insights analyst (life sciences vertical) 1 year of work ex, worked on two big Pharma clients, I have technical exp and luckily client facing exp as well. 

Do y’all think I’ll get accepted into a McKinsey/Bain/EY associate/Junior consultant role ?

Switch to a consulting profile

Business Analyst

Currently in work in an offshore management consulting firm with experience in. Real estate and Gas station industry and geographical exposure of Saudi Arabia. 

I am a business analyst and looking for a switch in either Bain or BCG Can anyone help me out with it? 

I have 1 year of experience with graduation.

Switch to Bain or BCG

I had experience in Tech Consulting but then moved to a Generalist Role in a Finserv company.

Is it possible to move to Management Consulting now? If yes then please provide me a roadmap.

I am targeting Accenture Strategy and Big 4 Consulting firms.

Switch to Consulting

Absolutely, here's a more concise version:

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Hi there,

I have 3.5 years of IT engineering experience and am considering transitioning to consulting. However, I don't have an MBA. Is this switch feasible? If so, what skills and experiences should I highlight on my CV? Are there any certifications or courses that would help?

I appreciate any advice or insights!

Suggestions needed!

Hey people,
   I am a software engineer. I am thinking of pivoting to leadership kind of roles like EIR, founders office, product manager, etc. 
   For people who are currently in such roles or know people in these roles, do you think people from tech(engineering) background, pivoting to this role at age of 24-25 yrs is advisable? Would people hiring for these roles see that I don't hold an MBA?
   What are the things about these roles I should be aware of?

Thinking of switching to non-tech(leadership) from tech

I have switched job from tech role to strategy role at a reputed company after 6 years of working. 

Any me anything.

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Program Manager

Hi everyone, I am currently working as an IB analyst (front end) in a boutique shop. Our core focus is equity and debt funding in the startup space (seed to series b usually). 

Its been an year since I have joined and I am looking to switch. Joining a mid market or a bigger boutique shop makes more sense by the book and I have some connections for the same but I have been really interested in management consultancy and want to give it a shot before MBA. 

The thing is, I graduated from a tier 2 private college and most of the consultancy firms I know of give a huge importance to pedigree and prefer hiring from tier-1 institutes. Does it make sense for me to try getting in through referrals or is it smarter to aim for this post MBA. And to begin with, do I even stand a chance to get into some good consultancy firm?

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