What should I do? Switch to consulting after 15 years in the industry, MBA from top3. Currently on track to become a Engg. Director at a SaaS product company. Way more comp than a consultant.

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Then why do you want to switch?

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Don't L8s at Google / Facebook make a mil? Wouldnt that be an easier path than restarting your career and becoming a salesperson (ie partner)?

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Interesting OP. I have a junior partner here and have been contemplating an EMBA. Plan to switch to tech soon. Interesting counter perspective

I wouldn’t come to Consulting in your position.

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Stay put.

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Perks can be bought and corporate politics still happen in Consulting (to the detriment of the company).

What about entrepreneurship? Maybe make your own SaaS startup? You get to be CEO and know what your current company might be lacking and need to acquire. Get acquired and pile of money make another company and be CEO with a history. And if you wanted the consultant hours, startup will give you that too (sleep is for those who want to live past 40).
Getting to the top rungs of Consulting will require the same politics and are inhabited by those who upped instead of outed (some great CEOs outed instead of upped).

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I think you answered the question yourself

I still have 8 titles to cross before I become a CEO, not happening in my lifetime + corporate politics. Want to reach a million in comp sooner, having seen many reach partner roles in just 6-8 years and then becoming a CxO is much easier.

I thought you said you’d make more as a director

MBA so you could lead the nerds to utopia. That's my response to those asking a lame question

I think you’re missing the entire point. Like bottom line, becoming a CxO via your current path vs. consulting are both hard, and you don’t know you even have the chops for consulting, so your assumption that it will be easier/more possible from consulting is a flawed one.

How do you want to spend your time? What type of work energizes you? How do you want to have impact on your company/clients? Answer that

Solving problems is great, but influencing people is exponentially more valuable. I’ve worked with some brilliant problem solvers who were sadly unsuccessful because their EQ was shit, and they didn’t know how to influence. It’s not as simple as solving a problem and moving on. The same solution can look wildly different depending on who is sharing and receiving the information.

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