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PwC A recruiter from PWC reached out to me to ask if I’d consider a different office the one I applied to, since it’s full. It would be Boston, Hartford, Chicago, Minneapolis, Little Rock, Denver, San Francisco or San Jose. MSA candidate. Is there a fully remote option? Do you have to be in the office all the time? Is the compensation high at PWC? Is there a possible moving expenses? Any insight or advice would help me make a decision. Thank you!
I am a graduating student who just got offered 65k for a solution analyst role at Deloitte USDC (Data Engineering Focus). From reading previous posts it seems to be a lot of negative thoughts surrounding the USDC, but straight out of college is this a good opportunity?
I'm looking to gain as much experience as possible out of college in an IT role and wondering what exit opportunities may be in place a year or two down the road if there is little/slow progression.
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No sir, Accenture will not care lol
To answer your question directly, most strategy consulting firms do not have higher paybands for non-MBA masters
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I would take the offer and revisit MBA in 2 years or so
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Accenture as tier 2? I don’t think so…
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I would’ve refuted this until our most recent rewards cycle
In many circles, the MBA (already borderline on value) loses value without work experience - I’d be surprised if you get accepted into a top b school directly from UG unless you’re a Kennedy or an Olympic athlete.
If you choose to go to grad school, I doubt the offer stands and you’d have to likely interview again (although at a potentially higher position)
You can develop your tech skills and get paid at the same time at ACN. For the strategy firms you won’t get any hands on tech skills. You can create the hell out of some financial models though and manage the living daylights out of some projects!
So, Accenture?
Either way, a non-MBA master's will not increase comp in consulting.
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What master degree or program are you looking at? Seems like taking the job offer and revisiting masters (MBA) in a few years time may be the best answer?
No. Go work for a few years. Only ivy grad school that will accept you with no experience is if you went there for undergrad.
Also, going to EYP is a boost; it will get you a much higher chance of acceptance to top programs (think Columbia, Harvard, Wharton, …)