McKinsey consultant with engineering degree looking to pivot to product - would be very grateful for a referral, as I know it’s super competitive #shopify
Don’t pivot to product. It’s overcrowded and no one’s landing jobs!!
Lol tryna escape the 80h week life
Not liking x other job is not a good reason to pivot to product. Interviewers can tell, and are especially skeptical of ex MBB’s and MBA types.
Avoid
Why? Heard WLB is great and that it’s full remote
You heard wrong
There are enough PMs in the world, and there are too many layoffs thanks to McK.
Layoffs aren’t McK’s fault. It’s your own company over hiring people
When the pandemic hit, McK a-holes made projections that shareholders drooled over that hyperincentivised companies to over hire. When 2022 came around McK a-holes made doom and gloom reports that made it super fashionable to layoff as if that's the solution to everything.
ISIS has openings
Pivot inside the firm to internal PM roles for now. Get some PM experience and then start applying outside
Do you want to maintain a McKinsey lifestyle/pay? If not, look in industry vs one of the big tech companies. Depending on your vertical at McKinsey, you could probably get a nice cushy Work/life job in product at a company for internal or support product portfolios.
The comment references benefits of PMing at a non big tech company. McKinsey lifestyle sucks but pay is good. If you want to have a chiller 9-5, PM at a non tech company — a bank, industrial, etc. are good options. If you want the higher pay, big tech is way to go.
I honestly don’t even need a 9-5, I’m a hard worker. I just want time in my day to eat, exercise, see my SO, etc… which I hardly get at McK with weekly travel and weekend work.
Everybody hates McKinsey people. Go be an engineer and work your way back into a Product role.
How many years of exp in consulting do you have?
Not recommend. I’m a PM myself and find my experience so replaceable. Strategy is better for career growth
Why do you think strategy > product for career growth?
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