I am Industrial Engineer with background in Supply Chain. I got into EY as a campus hire into Tech Consulting and been for a year now. Currently implementing enterprise performance management solutions technologies around accounting and finance. The problem is dont really have background into accounting and finance hence I cant really relate the techologies I am implementing. Feels like I should move to business/process side of the consulting but not sure how will it be from future career prospect. On the other hand feels like working in fintech implementation will open door to many oportunities and trying to make a right mindset by taking this as a challenge. But I dont feel like doing tech implementations either moving forward. May be tech consulting will open me for potential PM roles in these software product companies which I think as of the options going forward. On the other hand, I feel like moving back to Industry in some supply operations role and be a part of Industry to develop the business side since being in Tech consulting I have leanrt that you constantly have to be updated with tech updates and solutions. Not sure why taking a first step of my career in consulting has left me so confused and I feel like I am directionless right now. Anyone has any thoughts on how can I tackle this?#finance #consulting
You have two options:, (1) Try and develop a genuine interest and competence in the accounting / finance domain - it may not be easy but definitely possible, and will increase your satisfaction quotient .. (2) Pivot to supply chain or other alternative career tracks
One option you can consider is Supply Chain IT implementations. It is definitely more exciting and not too tech-y either. A good spot in-between technology and supply chain operations.
Seconded, but stay in tech implementation and pivot to supply chain applications as larger tech firms consider that a harder skill set to get versus biz ops
I’m a Supply chain consultant. It’s my first job and let me tell you a few things that I like and that I don’t like Pros - You will gain a lot of business knowledge and might work for implementing systems for various types of companies - Travel if that is something you like - Interaction with different levels of stakeholders - Unique business problems to solve - Pay is good for someone who is into supply chain domain Cons - Work life balance is bad - Proprietary tech and you won’t get to work on many open source technologies. - once you spend more time into consulting its very difficult to switch to tech companies for data analyst, BIE, business analyst roles(If that is something you are looking for in future) - Pay is not as good compared to tech roles PS: I desperately looked for new roles and now Im switching to a data engineering role.
Was in a similar spot where I studied Business Administration with an emphasis in Operations and Decision Technologies and became an IA consultant (business consultant) for hi-tech in a midtier accounting firm for 2 years. I just started a job as a supply chain finance analyst last week and currently loving the job at Ghirardelli because I don't care about accounting but love working with numbers and Excel all along. Since you went more into tech than business, I imagine you won't choose the exact same career path as me but feel free to DM me and I can at least share some notes. Good luck!
Adam Grant says that a passion is not something you discover, it's something you develop. That means you often need to get really good at it before you know if it is a passion or just a talent or if you truly hate it.
Just gtfo to something you want to do. Don't fool yourself that your current job will lead to something better or have transferable skills to your actual future career path.
If you give it two more years and still feel that way, gtfo. 3 years at EY will get you an interview wherever you apply, even if you are hopping verticals. Fintech to bp isnt a huge jump, especially this early in your career.
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Way shorter than one of those stupid six page narratives that Amazon is famous for.
You are in a great position where you see what the problems are and how they are paired with solutions. Find another guy or gal with background in accounting ( finance you can read up) and see what’s being done and how it can be better. You might get your own ideas for a startup. Hit me up when you have an idea.
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I understand you, I am in a similar boat. I would recommend going where exciting opportunities are. And I would leave that your interpretation to define exciting. For me, implementing a tech infra today at a company like WalMart might seem boring, but it would definitely open doors to better & more opportunities (like you mentioned : PM roles). If you switch to SCM related role, it would be a lot of process building / improvement and gauging business impact. However, it then almost constraints your employer options : top one assuming Amazon. Given you've hit 1 year mark and you are thinking about future tells me you are serious about your career. In blunt words, I would suggest "go where you can learn more" and "learn the skills that would be in high demand in next 10 years". My 2 cents. Cheers!
Thanks for this. Until now it was just my first year and I kept myself open to everything thinking that atleast I have a job in this situation. But this has been bothering me lately. Tech definitely is lucrative but realized that it comes with burn out and everyone just chasing the more $$. Hope I will figure it out and allign myself to it.