How much different or “better” are the tech/digital practices at MBB vs Big 4? Like how is the nature of work+opportunities different?
do we need an MBA to transfer to MBB? Long term goal is tech PM.

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I’ve worked across Big 4, boutique, and now BCG, and I’d never want a big 4 team running an implementation if I was a client, IMO their approach is throwing a ton of bodies at projects which leads to an insane amount of PMO overhead and slowing down actual work

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exactly McK and BCG are maturing as tech players now and the next 5 - 10 years will see an explosion of cases where McK AA, Gamma have unlocked millions of dollars in value

Digital work is another story - the B4/Acc approach there could work

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They're not.
The only ones who disagree with this are those at MBB themselves. You can read between the lines.

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Is it actually better though? The consensus is that when it comes to tech big 4/Acc are the actual market leaders

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have to disagree there. McK is killing it in data science. Digital work yes its better Big 4 + A is better(armies working for years on end)

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Depends McK (and perhaps BCG) are much better in general for digital work that I view as more interesting and innovative (digital strategy and digital business building) compared to big 4 and Accenture (who are better for multi-year long implementation projects such as ERP implementation and IT systems integration). The former is probably more relevant for tech PM.

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I was recruited with 3 yoe and no mba

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No absolutely not. I’m not even a technologist and this is an easy answer.

And you want to be a tech PM and you want to come to MBB to get there?! 😬🤦‍♂️

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So would we need an mba to transfer from big 4 to MBB if say wanted to learn about strategy and eventually end up in PM?

I was tech big 4 now McK and would say the type of work is different so hard to compare directly. Pay is better and work is more interesting now for my personal area

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