Hi fishes.. I know there are a lot of threads on moving from big-4 to MBB, but what about the other way around? For example, going from a Principal at MBB to Partner at big-4? Is it a well trodden path? I have a couple of them reaching out to fast track me through their “direct admit” process, and was wondering..

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Is what you sell and who you sell it to a good fit for big4? Rain makers at any firm get paid, so I’d focus on how well aligned your offering, target client, and required firm support is with whichever firm you’re considering going to. Something to keep in mind, life as a new partner at a new firm can be very hard to build momentum

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Yeah, of course like anything it depends on what you’re optimizing for.

But overall, feels like a hard transition to make - straight into a selling role with few to no connections within the firm, and likely relatively little prior experience leading sales processes (although I’m sure by Principal, you’re contributing to sales efforts).

Plus, if you’re BCG principal, the comp as Partner Big 4 is likely similar to what you make now, could be lower (I dunno for sure, lots of variance).

There are definitely appealing factors as well, starting somewhere new, building a business, having the partner title, but IMO you’d want to be pretty sure before making the jump.

Closing thought; could be worth posting in the Partner One bowl. They would have a good perspective on this, and there’s usually a lot of thoughtful responses in there.

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