Targeting 2022 matriculation and will be recruiting for tech. Currently at IBM tech consulting and have an offer to lateral to non-D big 4 tech advisory. What’s the best move for both MBA application and MBA recruiting - stay or leave? TIA.

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Don’t do big 4. Go become an offering manager at IBM, get some skills and then try to lateral to FAANG or get an mba 2022. IBM is big enough that there are interesting pockets. I have a friend at ibm that recently got into Stanford

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Depending on how many YOE you have at IBM, it might be a better idea to stay and develop relationships with partners who can pull you onto impactful work and vouch for you. Or as C1 said see if you can network your way into becoming an Offering Manager. I’m currently targeting R2 deadlines and M7/T15 - feel free to shoot me a DM if you wanna chat

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I just went through the MBA application process and got into an M7, and I'm waiting on decisions post interview from a couple more. I definitely think staying at IBM allowed me to develop meaningful relationships and get on high impact projects, both of which helped me land these results. Feel free to PM me if you wanna chat more about this

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