Have offers from McKinsey versus BCG Platinion for AI Architect role. Any thoughts on working on the tech side of consulting firms?

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McK. With that business card you can endlessly spout nonsense for a whole career and nobody will ever question it.

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There’s synergies at play here M2

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Is McKinsey the QuantumBlack part ? If yes, McK, if no, BCG…Platinion is separate, own P&L, clear path to MD. In McK as a non-generalist things will be very difficult

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Speaking with recruiters from MBB, I found them sound uninterested in their own jobs because they keep barking AI-AI without further expanding what they are doing in actuality. Looking at their websites it’s mostly hooking up OpenAI API and calling it an AI solution. Others call “dev work” as building a dashboard to grab data from db (and throw in RAG tools once in a while)which is what Palantir does but obfuscates with useless terms to confuse people on their website.

If you don't mind being treated like a second class citizen, then BCG Platinion.

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BCG plat is still very prestigious, that’s amazing you were able to get an offer from both. I went through to final round with Plat but travel was a no go for me so it wasn’t meant to be. Can’t go wrong with either, I know for BCG you’ll still be on traditional consulting engagements

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Just curious, did you do any certifications to prove AI architect skills?

Nope

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