I am 1.5 year out of undergrad with a degree in Finance looking to possibly make the move out of implementation to strategy/management consulting. Words of advice? Am I way in over my head?

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Don’t listen to ATK1, IMO that’s the dumbest reason to get an MBA. I’m sure you can pull this off with your classic networking / case prep advice out there. Go nuts if it’s your goal

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MBA seems like the natural way to go

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Don’t! It’s all slide decks

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Start your own company or join a growing start up. There will be some slides but also a ton of responsibility and ownership

See if you can make the internal move at your firm. Started off in a risk/implementation type role out of UG, networked into the M&A strategy practice after 1.5 years. Now fully aligned

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If you like making slides, yes. Personally drives me nuts

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do you already work for a firm that has a strategy practice? I personally moved from org transformation to strategy by moving to a new city, remaining with the same firm. the move to the strategy practice did require me to go through the interview process again though. I actually think implementation is quite an important skill for strategy, projects rarely stop at just coming up with a good idea.

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It's gonna be hard. Not gonna lie. Tap into your network, but realistically, the MBA route might prove to be the most realistic.

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