In a Big4 deal Analytics group that’s not premier with no path to partner... should I try to move to MBB/T2 to gain traditional consulting experience or try for tech/FAANG... I just wanna make money

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PwC I assume? Not sure anyone else uses the “deals analytics” nomenclature.

So on the one hand, consulting partner is one of the highest earning career paths there is, especially on a risk adjusted basis. Once once you hit a certain point in your career your chances of making partner are quite good.

But FAANG can also be quite high paying, and frankly the most senior folks in FAANG make a lot more money than a consulting partner does. Of course, so does a successful movie star or hedge fund manager or NBA player.

Where I’m going with this is, “I just wanna make money” isn’t a useful starting point when you think about career decisions. I understand you want to maximize your earnings, but just because LeBron James makes a lot more than both of us doesn’t mean his path is available to you.

What do you actually want to do? You’re not on a path to partner now. You could move into a consulting track in Deals or at another firm, but that’s literally a different job than the one you have. Is that a job you think you would like? Is that something you think you would enjoy doing? Would you be good at it? If not, is there a path available to you in tech?

Figure out what you want to do and what you think you can do well at, then pick a path to maximize your earnings. If you start with the money you won’t make the right choice.

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I think the hardest part about this is I 100% understand your point and can not for the life of me figure out what direction I want to go. When I look back through my career and what part of my consulting work has been interesting, I honestly can’t think of much.

Unfortunately I think this a predicament of my group as we don’t have our own engagements. We piggy back off of FDD deals in need of more advanced analytics or revenue schedules. Because of this, our role and impact within the deal is fairly detached, as we’re removed from any meaningful contribution or insights/recommendations to the client. I like to think I came to consulting to create some type of impact for our clients. To Work on interesting and unique problems and work towards finding solutions and making actionable recommendations... I have yet to experience any of this. (I’m also an SA 3ish years experience, title on FB is outdated)

We have had people try to switch groups internally from our team only to be sent back, so the precedent for any new switches seems limited. Also, I feel that I could switch if I networked hard enough, however if I were to make the jump and start over, I’d rather do it at a new firm with better exit ops. I think I just need to connect with a variety of different teams to truly understand what other consulting groups do... because I’ve really only seen the deal side.

I’d be happy to talk more in DMs if you have any advice or would like to talk in more depth. Let me know.

I struggle because I like the idea of path to partner for how stable it is and promos of 7 figs. I’ve only really gotten traction at BizOps FAANG roles. Not sure the career path for those types of roles or end game...

Try both stick to whoever gives you the best offer

What do you do in deal analytics?

Piggy back off of FDD deals that need more granular revenue cuts or schedules of their acquisition/divestiture targets. It’s mostly descriptive analytics.

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