If you’re in consulting / ever considered it and had the skills to succeed in tech, banking, or quant research, would you? Why?
Background: student with junior year internship recruiting coming up. Have been with BCG for last 1.5 years interning so have a shoe-in, but also have a good math/stats/comp sci background. Pretty driven by TC and ease of work.
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It’s also a lot easier to get a grad role in consulting, vs getting a grad role as a Data scientist (can’t speak for SWE).
IMO, consulting gives you way more exit options, and gives you a fantastic skill set you can take anywhere. It was a lot quicker switching from consulting to DS than working my way up as a junior DS. I did have to work extra on weekends teaching myself stuff to make the jump from consulting to data science though
I’ve found quite a few firms that hire quant researchers out of undergrad, and I’ll be graduating with a masters so I’m not too worried about the strict requirements. It’ll just be a lot more interview prep.
When you say tech pays more, is that right out of school until retirement? I would think partner at MBB would make more than tech given it’s client facing and you’re driving revenue directly.
Masters is in stats with math and stats undergrad, so I think I’d have a shot at a tier 2 quant firm. One of my concerns there is exit opps - seems restricted to switching to another firm, getting a PhD to reset, or data science/SWE.
BCG’s great and I think now pays the best of MBB with nicest perks. Would you re recruit for the McKinsey brand or just stick with BCG?