Should I switch into IT M&A PMI consulting? What are the pros and cons?

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What do you mean by switch? Are you currently doing IT diligence?

I’m currently in Tech Strategy & Transformation consulting

Pros: gateway into M&A if that's where you want to go, and pivot to other areas of M&A - requires work but possible. Expert in a relatively niche area which is marketable.

Cons: because IT M&A is niche, you'll either have to be comfortable with the area or work hard to engineer your way into other M&A areas because you can get pigeon holded. Plenty posts here and in real life on people feeling stuck and not being able to get out...but all of that won't be a problem if you end up liking it. Also IMO IT M&A is harder to exit than a generalist, by nature there's less spots open in industry than generalist roles

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