Does anyone ever FAANG >> MBB? Does this make progression/financial sense? (Generally speaking)

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Move from FAANG to consulting rather than the other way around

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Oh I didn’t mean to imply that I made the move. Just clarifying OP’s post. The only time I worked industry was during school.

Most people use consulting as a means to an end, so in that sense yeah FAANG is better.

If you're chasing pristeige, like golden handcuffs, or actually want to be partner, then maybe not.

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Had both multiple FAANG and MBB offers post b-school. Chose bcg, much better financially compared to my FAANG friends.

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Good question OP. Based on what I have heard from friends in terms of their hours, I would say Amazon and Apple are lesser $/hour compared to bcg.

But google would be better.

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I left a FAANG internal consulting role for a strategy consulting position

Interested to hear your thoughts as well!

FAANG progression is slower, so it makes sense to do MBB >> FAANG since without MBB you would take much longer to get the same position in FAANG.

Regarding FAANG >> MBB, financially it might make sense in the long term if you make partner, but definitely not in the short term because I’ve seen people with like 10+ YOE in tech being placed into a PL role, which takes an average BCGer 4 years to get to from entry level.

That being said, I was counting overall career financial returns, but if you’re already in FAANG for a couple of years and think you will make partner I still think it makes sense.

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