For those currently working in CD, what did your career path to your current position look like?

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2 years in consulting -> Masters (non-MBA) -> 1 year as a corpdev Analyst, then promoted to Manager, now been a manager for 2.5 years including a lateral move to a different company post-PE exit.

Both bachelors and masters non-quantitative.

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I was headhunted out of the masters into the analyst role and knew going in my manager was ex-MBB strategy consulting, so working on case interview prep (esp. market sizing) as you would for strategy consulting interviews helped a lot, both in the recruitment process and in the job itself - it's a similar skillset. That and practicing P&L modelling to the point you can do it quickly and accurately.

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No name small state school -> a few years of healthcare experience -> M7 MBA -> 5 years of healthcare consulting experience -> recruited by a F-300 healthcare firm for the CD Director role (2 years)

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Working at same company for 9+ years. Intern for 4 years in college. Then entry level leadership development role working for COO for 4 years and attended law school at night. Then moved into Corp Dev Manager role working for CEO and head of acquisitions.

Top 50 MBA (nowhere close to M7).
F-50 MBA leadership program, then went on to lead global P&L
Top 5 strategy consulting EM to Principal. My work was PE DD M&A
Left to join MF PE portco as a strategy and corp dev exec

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