Related Posts
More Posts
Conversation Starter
Pro
I am about to receive an offer from ADP Hyd. I have 12+ YOE. What is the grade that will be best suited as per my exp? I'm in AWS, My current sal is , 23L base 13L JB 100 RSU (comprising 29L ) should I get 48L from ADP? I already have an offer of 32L fixed+10L variable + 6.4L JB from Accenture as L7 Mgr/Sol Arch. Among Accenture & ADP what would be better? (I personally feel as Accenture is purely a service based organisation, a higher salary would be a little risky, not sure thou) ADP Accenture
Additional Posts in Consulting Exit Opportunities
Anyone ever try to exit to a HF?
What’s the work culture at New York life like?
New to Fishbowl?
Download the Fishbowl app to
unlock all discussions on Fishbowl.
unlock all discussions on Fishbowl.
Plenty of reasons. We don’t all live in the Bay Area, where most of their interesting roles are. Many of us are interested in other industries. Plenty of people are doing more “meaningful” and interesting work in consulting than getting buried inside the massive bureaucracies of these mega tech companies.
As someone who’s consulted for a handful of the “sexy” tech companies, they look a lot shinier from the outside.
wow. As someone who came from industry, not only is consulting at big 4 way more bureaucracy but also run by a bunch of people who don't understand at all how to run a business. the work here is surface and not comparable to industry job
That's not the reason. location maybe.
As a former “big tech” employee in the Bay Area, there’s 3 main reasons I left and will most likely not return:
1) pay at junior levels and even some mid-manager levels isn’t adequate to live comfortably in the Bay Area, especially compared to other, lower CoL cities.
2) for those who want to live in a city, San Francisco is the only option. This meant that i used to commute 1.5hrs+ each way from SF to the South Bay (San Jose area)
3) “Big tech” does not always equal more “meaningful work”. I’m able to regularly drive change as a consultant. My experience with tech companies is that any public company involved tons of politics and red tape when trying to change anything.
Even small change is a hassle. When I was in industry, I had even small pet projects squashed because someone felt threatened, or didn’t have time, or there was no budget, etc etc (there’s always an excuse). When we’re brought in as consultants, those “barriers” are removed by the time we get there 90% of the time and we’re free to focus on the work itself.
Honestly 95% of the time it is because FAANG companies require a deeper and much more technical skill sets . In consulting we usually get away with superficial knowledge of the technology
Good question. I am noticing we have a much harder time recruiting junior folks in the Bay area. Also, given the sink or swim classic culture of consulting, I see how new hires are not responding very well ( understandably!) to this. If we don’t foster a more collaborative culture I don’t think the pyramid model will work for much longer. Lastly - I think pwc has a strong push for everything digital. Do you think it helps?
agree with both. just good marketing and the work product is undermined by the lack of collaboration all the way to the very top
Tech skill sets are different.
Depending on the role, they hire to a different standard. Hard to have this conversation with people in consulting, but most of us wouldn't get too far in the interview process, especially the inexperienced ones.
Consulting is easier than tech in many cases.
If you’re one of the people here doing 3 hours of daily commutes vs my weekly trips it nets out. Particularly when I have much of many fridays free for family on top of it.
I am not sure if big tech offers higher TC. For some it may, but for most probably not.
If your a faang or top tier tech company dev, your pay will always be better than being in consulting, outside of being partner ofc
It’s entirely situational. And frankly, the grass is always greener.
I think it’s easier to go from consulting to FAANG vs the other way around. Your comp ceiling at FAANG is higher if you do well, but the floor is much, much lower vs MBB comp.. In either case, you’re paid well. Should focus on other parts of the job that will be fulfilling
I love working with different industries, and a job that is different every day. I'm not sure I could run a normal desk job anymore. I enjoy the travel, diversity of work, and challenging problems I deal with on a daily basis. I dont think a normal tech job could provide.
Meaningful?