McKinsey versus Amazon Product Manager L6 post MBA offers
Would love to get advice on deciding between post MBA offers from McKinsey and Amazon product manager L6. Have a non tech background pre MBA and want to work in the tech industry long term. Also hope to be in general management/ P&L/business ownership roles long term. Wondering how much Mckinsey learnings + network + brand helps with building a career in the tech industry. Also would be helpful to get perspective on the Amazon product experience and career path in terms of exits and opportunities?
Obviously, if you want to be in tech long term, Amazon PM > McK. Much better if you already have MBB experience like in your case.
Work for McKinsey experience is really valuable
What is your role currently at google ? Have you been on the McKinsey side?
TC breakdowns?
Amazon! Dont do consulting if you want to be in tech long term.
Don't do consulting, it's in decline in general, and firms like McKinsey and BCG are struggling to adapt and grow.
What’s your current role at Chewy? Why would you say that - I believe there are a lot of ex MBB senior people at Chewy and consulting remains a top choice across business schools.
Mbb and ibd is so last decade. Tech is where the money and talent is right now
Isn’t a lot of management at Uber full of ex MBB people? I thought MBB to Uber exit after 2-3 year can be really good!
hey there I believe it used to be the case for uber strategy & ops (non tech roles). It gave consultants a good entry point to "break" into Tech for those interested. Not sure about now though given covid + ride hailing challenges!
I had a lot of friends go into MBB who told me they were so interest in "doing tech" for all 2 years of bschool. But they took the easy, well paved route of consulting because they think it's got so much prestige. Now they are sleep deprived zombies trying desperately to pivot to tech (ideally for PM, but only getting ops/strat roles with much less TC). Meanwhile, the slight difference is initial TC got totally washed away since tech stonks all have basically doubled in just 1 year. Do yourself a favor and go with Amazon. Get 1-2 years of experience, then pivot to another FAANG as L5/ICT4 to get 300k+ TC
Location of both offers?
What are the offers
McKinsey generalist associate and amazon product manager