New SC considering career switch. Starting to feel the bureaucracy, lack of innovation, and lower pay in federal consulting is limiting my potential. What companies/positions and salary would you recommend in DMV area? FAANG? Private OEM Aerospace & Defense operations strategy?

Any certs needed first?

4 YOE. 2 yr Fortune 50 A&D manufacturer proj mgmt and six sigma (GB) process improvement. 2 yr at Big4 consulting DoD clients (TS/SCI) on process improvement, data analysis & visualization.

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There’s a Washington DC bowl that may give you better answers. You hit on most of them, may want to add Cap1 to that list as well.

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Thanks for recommendation! And I’ll post in that bowl as well... good point I forgot how much larger this bowl is.

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