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Curious why you would say that?
Op - the real framework should be based on what you want to do.
I made a similar choice in favor of consulting and at a high level.
If you want to do tech and specifically tech as an operator then it's hard to beat pm: pm itself is a very attractive operator role for many and sometimes can pivot into gm/vc roles in tech more easily than consulting. Consultants on the other hand are less valued as operators in tech and perhaps have a harder time getting early stage vc roles at least. To get pm out of consulting often consultants (who don't have a technical background) will need to work in bizops.
However if you aren't sure what you want to do - consulting is often the right move. Consultants can more easily work in other industries (in addition to continuing to get variety by working in consulting). They can work in finance, public sector, have pivoted into academia, etc. It's true that consulting gives you a generalist business toolkit and let's you work in so many industries that you're valuable to many people.
But of course there are nuances:
I'd ask myself
1. How much do you care about immediate wlb? That's in favor of pm
2. How sure are you that you want to work in tech or want to start a company? Generally in favor of pm. However with less certainty here consulting becomes more interesting generally speaking.
3. How much do you care about variety? In favor of consulting
4. Do you see yourself needing to build something (pm) or okay and satisfied with being an armchair philosopher (consulting)?
5. How much do you care about intelelcrually interesting work (at least at the lower levels consulting).
Feel free to dm me. Overall these are both great choices and for different people different choices are correct.
This 110%
MBB. It will give you a skill set the other won’t and teach you how to be a high-functioning professional
Also I would add that the pm program matters a bit here - Microsoft is far less good than Google for example
I agree that Microsoft and Google are equivalent enough in prestige generally
That said Microsoft program manager program is notoriously far worse than Google's apm program - from a variety of metrics: 1. Content 2. Talent caliber 3. Exits 4. Reputation
Uhh, probably depends on what you want to do long-term. I would have done FAANG APM in retrospect (I was qualified), but they’re both decent paths.
APM: Good for being an exec at BigTech, sitting on a chill high-salary job as a long-term PM, going to a startup as an early employee, being a VC
MBB: Good for being an executive at a BoringOldCompany, private equity, sitting on an intense very high paying job as a partner, maybe VC
Would add that for vc after series b investing the consultnt probably becomes more attractive than the pm
I joined McK as an experienced hire and I wish I’d joined earlier
I joined as an experienced hire and love/hate this place every single day. It's like being in a crazy whirlwind romance that makes you question your sanity.
Nope, PM is a better long term option. That's what all the consultants are trying to be anyways. Why not just skip the first step?
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The FAANG type matters a lot in this discussion IMO.
In general, do what you want to do, start with that. Being a BA can be an accelerant to your career if you want a broader career, not a tech one.
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You’re right as the first job out of consulting a lot of people go into strategy, the job after most people don’t.
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