Any consultants here trying to pursue a non-MBA masters or PhD? If so - what subject?

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@ EY1, consulting was something I fell into! I still love it, but think I’d want to be closer to the impact - whether that’s through teaching or practicing medicine, both of which were big considerations of mine in college.

Realistically, I’ll probably end up doing an MBA...but I often wonder if I should just veer “off path” and take the plunge

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Having gotten a PhD in the Sciences and then going into consulting my advice would be only do a PhD if there is absolutely nothing else you would rather be doing. It takes a long time, results are not guaranteed, and the only door it really opens is into academia. Consider that you will invest 5+ years of your life getting paid next to zero with no job security during or after your PhD and the actual experience can be highly variable. Ask yourself very carefully if the academic question you want to answer with your PhD worth that sacrifice.

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BS and MS in CompSci here. Seriously considering an MS or doctorate in Aerospace Engineering. I'm a recovering military aviator and still a huge aviation and space nerd. I want to do more in that area.

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Congrats D6 - last stretch! I have comps in August - fingers crossed I get through so I can finally get started on my dissertation 😅

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Thanks SC1. this last stretch has been the hardest by far. Had to rewrite my lit review completely

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Looking hard at PhD in strategy and innovation

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I was accepted to meds but backed out 2 years ago right before white coat ceremony. Still think about it every day and am seriously considering reapplying.

Also super interested in machine learning / data science. Was always a statistics nerd in school, but recently I've been really putting the hours in to self-teach python, deep learning, and a lot of foundational math/CS stuff. Have had some thoughts about getting a degree to make it more legitimate, but have made a lot of progress just on my own, and wonder whether I can make up for lack of degree with a strong portfolio and project experience...

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I've done some basic kaggle (incl a lot of computer vision / deep learning stuff motivated by the fast.ai course), and won internal competitions at ACN (super basic stuff, titanic survival). Competed in another internal hackathon and led a small team to build a recommendation engine with R for learning recommendations...

I've been working a bit on the spotify playlist competition and want to make a blog post out of that, also some things I've been doing with meetup API data. I also love teaching and have helped a number of analysts in my group get introduced to DS stuff, so have planned out a couple posts that would explain concepts to people still learning...

I've also inserted python and automation into most of my projects for the past year, including lots of web scraping, working with APIs, lots of data munging and viz... totally self directed since I'm in strategy and the only technical person in my group

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Yeah, I'd say you probably don't need a degree. :) I'd hire you.

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Bain 1 - Why med school?

Yep, I have a M.S. and I’m currently doing my PhD in epidemiology

I’m investigating a part time phd. Takes a while but you can keep your job and schools love the industry access

^ yup that’s what I’m doing currently

Looking for a MPA, want to transition into a government focused role.

PhD in computer science. Thinking about it

Currently working on a doc and planning to move into academia within 2-3 years.

Bain 1 and Accenture1 how long have you been in consulting?

Would like to get a master's (or MBA) in organizational behavior. Would rather do the MS to save money and time, but my BF thinks I should get the MBA because it'll make me more marketable.

Anyone have any advice on this?

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Coworker is finishing a MS in applied math - assumed that with level he was at within our firm, a masters in something he enjoyed would have more value to him than an MBA

Got an MS in Engineering before becoming a consultant.

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