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I have seen lot of people without MBA killing as consultants especially if they coming from tech background. However I am not sure how it works as a finance consultant or something. But if it’s business or tech consultant it surely works.
If you really mean do an MBA you should go for executive mBa if you already have work experience.
It is all about trimming the fat
Depends on what kind of consulting. If strategy consulting with Bain bcg McKinsey Kearney booz etc, you need a top 5 mba. Anything else you can probably leverage experience .
Why go back to school to still hate your job eventually anyway
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50-100k+ for an MBA. Only you can answer if you can afford it and if it’s worth the expense.
I was struggling to get a Director interview despite having “more and better experience than I’ve seen in a lot of VP’s” according to several executive recruiters. Got accepted into an EMBA program recently and added it to my resume, and got interviews with 2 global titans within a few weeks.
It’s just my perception, but it does seem that an MBA lets you skip over a lot of “dues paying” and toiling at lower levels. I don’t believe in the grand scheme of things it will make you a better consultant, but it functions as part of the gatekeeping ecosystem and it’s your choice if you want to work within that system for maximum personal gain.