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JazzyBurrito
JazzyBurrito
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Exits after consulting?

Hey guys, I've been working in top tier consulting firm for a year and I'm just bored of making decks. What exit opportunities exist for me?

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WigglyMochi
WigglyMochi
Stealth27mo

Chief of Staff role in a startup followed by heading a business unit/dept.

BouncyMarshmallow
BouncyMarshmallow
Stealth27mo

And then that business will be shut down 😁

WigglyMochi
WigglyMochi
Stealth27mo

Lol

DizzyLlama
DizzyLlama
Atlys27mo

Hey @ShySender98 ,
Would you mind answering AMA. Curious to know what consulting at big 3 is all about and how one can get into it and various other questions

JazzyBurrito
JazzyBurrito
Mastercard27mo

Don't consider myself any sort of an expert. But happy to help you

DizzyLlama
DizzyLlama
Atlys27mo

Thank you. Here are my questions-

  1. What are skills required for consulting at big 3?
  2. How do we decide whether it's a career we should pursue?
  3. What made you choose a consulting career?
  4. What are pros/cons of the work?
  5. Do you get to travel a lot?
  6. Do you get to bond/talk to lot of influential people?
  7. Work life balance?
  8. Would you recommend it to someone?
  9. Who's the type of person who should never apply for such a role?
SleepyHamster
SleepyHamster
Stealth27mo

Currently startups are not hiring much, so stick around. Big corporates won’t match consulting salaries.

JazzyBurrito
JazzyBurrito
Mastercard27mo

Makes sense. Thanks for this :)

BouncyJellybean
BouncyJellybean
Zomato27mo

Are most consulting work boring or its just the case with you.
Thanks to Grapevine, we are getting this honest feedback 💎

JazzyPenguin
JazzyPenguin
British Telecom27mo

Boring as fuck. No skin in the game

JumpyUnicorn
JumpyUnicorn
Stealth27mo

but that pedigree will open doors for u right compare to a normal person like me sde ok ok person

BouncyJellybean
BouncyJellybean
Zomato27mo

Not interested in trying other consulting firms?

JazzyBurrito
JazzyBurrito
Mastercard27mo

Honestly, I am happy with the firm and its culture. But lately, Ive started to feel that the work is not meaningful and monotonous

BouncyJellybean
BouncyJellybean
Zomato27mo

If the culture is good (which is rare to find now-a-days), try to stick to your company for 3-4 more months till the dust of layoffs settle and ask for work in different domain. After that you can switch to any business strategy role in any startup which you think have a great product idea and be interesting to scale up.

ZoomyCoconut
ZoomyCoconut
Stealth27mo

VC / PE?

QuirkyBoba
QuirkyBoba
Porter27mo

HBS?

JazzyBurrito
JazzyBurrito
Mastercard27mo

Can you elaborate?

SwirlyPretzel
SwirlyPretzel
Stealth27mo

Founders office / strategy team / chief of staff

MagicalHamster
MagicalHamster
Stealth27mo
  1. MBA (at a top US B school, unless you were post MBA)
  2. Join strategy roles at large orgs (FAANG, Corporate Houses like Tata, Aditya Birla, Abbott etc.)
  3. Strategy/Founder’s Office roles at startups (early/growth/late stage basis your risk and growth appetite)
  4. VC - Can apply to Tier 1 VC funds for track roles if you were post MBA, Associate roles if pre MBA
  5. Build your own thing.
PeppyUnicorn
PeppyUnicorn
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Hair regrowth

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