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I hate those words sometimes too...

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Def agree with the others on how framing your role can go along, but to offer a different opinion as someone who was in your shoes a year ago, an MBA helps to open some of the doors you want as well as gives you the time, resources, and network to figure out what you really want to do for your next step. For me, I fell into data strategy and analytics type projects from pretty much the time I started consulting. It was more foisted onto me rather than a decision, so I plan on using an MBA to take some time to understand the merits of different career paths outside of consulting.

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You’re good. It’s all about framing those skills in the context of strategic work. In analytics and have interviewed with multiple FAANGS for ops roles.

Not yet but getting there

Agreed with M1. I was pigeoned holed into “implementation /IT consulting” for 3.5 years but really worked on my resume to spin the story. I’ll be starting in new firm focusing on “strategy and ops” work...let’s see how that goes, but its definitely no more implementations.

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