1st yr in consulting and not sure what I want yet, but looking to grow skillset. Is it more valuable these days to have experience in financial modeling or analytics?

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Can’t imagine myself in consulting forever and want to exit in the next few years. Interested in potentially corporate strategy, corp dev, and customer experience design. Have experience in op model and org design as well as very beginner experience in sql/tableau. Was a finance major in undergrad - somewhat interested in this but don’t have project experience

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Learn financial modeling (you can take a week long intensive course) and get on strategy consulting projects at Accenture. Finance + Strategy is a powerful combo.

OR, switch jobs/firms. Aim for MBB or bulge bracket IB. Stay for a couple of years and then switch out to PE/VC.

Or do a hard pivot to software programming and analytics (provided you enjoy it)

Ultimately, do what seems natural or you’ll always keep thinking about the path not taken!

D-1 and recommendations for financial modeling courses. Preferably free :)

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