Is it harder to exit out of consulting into a lateral industry or FAANG role as you move up the ladder? For example, if I am a senior managing consultant at IBM with PMP and data science masters, what would be an ideal exit for me?

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SR program manager, product owner. Usually the most common.

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So hard to obtain interviews in general for those roles though 😑

Probably L5 at Amazon for program manager

You’re right, I associated your role with SC at other firms. You would be brought in at L6 for Sr PgM Manager

I saw that MBA candidates take up all those program manager roles. Is it still possible as a technical consultant to have better chances than MBAs?

What’s an example similar to but not quite? Just getting a feel for type

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