Hi folks, Looking for some insights into making a switch from Tech to Management Consulting. Currently working as a L4 SDE at Amazon. Work is going good and am making good progress towards the next level (promo by Q2 2021). I feel somewhat satisfied with my job but want to experience a couple of other domains before I finalize what kind of work I want to do for the rest of my career. Consulting is a domain which I have been inclined to for a while now (I believe I enjoy interacting with people and solving business problems), so would it make sense to switch to that domain and give it a try? Is it a sensible move, given that I have seen most people on blind move in the opposite direction. Also, what would be the appropriate role level to target and would it be possible without an mba? Would love to get in touch with someone with MBB experience, please and thanks! #consulting #tech YoE: 1.3 year TC: 1.7 Mil INR
I moved into consulting for similar reason, expand my domain knowledge and accelerate my learning of technologies. I'm not at MBB or Big4 and frankly, I'd never want to work at those sweat shops. Terrible WLB, long hours, shit pay and they all know your working there for brand name recognition. I'm at a smaller boutique firm and I have better WLB and get paid Faang salary. I'd say if your focused on learning quickly, new tech exposure, consulting is a good opportunity for a short time, anywhere from 1-2years and then jump into tech again with your new knowledge. Part of my reasons to move was i worked in Enterprise and felt my career was stagnating as i was not learning new technologies. Technical debt at that level is huge and innovation is slow
Could I send you a DM? Have a quick question for you And I will say mbb can pay pretty well eventually — tc at Mckinsey was 220 first year out of grad school, but it does stagnate til you get promoted to ap
Sure, feel free to DM
I’m making the opposite move for WLB reasons
I'm going to tech after spending two years in consulting
I was in consulting, now in tech. Would never move back to consulting.
I'm making the opposite move. Work hours are incredibly intense and technical folks are underpaid for what they do.
Highly dependent on the firm. I'm making Faang base HCOL salary at my firm and doing 40h weeks in a LCOL area
Unless you have a strong desire to work across many different companies and industries, you should be able to do similar work within Amazon, especially given how many industries they currently work across.
Yeah... What everyone else said... You're going in the wrong direction. We all want to go to tech.
Work is interesting, especially at a place like QuantumBlack, but WLB is tough. I swapped to tech and it’s an honest joke how little I work, and people are still happy 😂
I'm in QB right now and trying to make the move to tech. Looking forward to getting that sweet sweet 40 hour work week when I find the right place 🙌
Dont do it period !!!!
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I had a post PhD offer as an associate at Mckinsey in Nyc that I did not take. My classmate who took the job and stayed and is now associate partner seems extremely overworked, just as a datapoint. Hopefully someone with MBB experience can help you.
Listen to this man ... the pays worse and the hours are worse and the travel gets tiring real fast and you are at the clients beck and call.. I went the other way - from a big 4 consulting to tech and life is so much better