How could I set the stage while I'm at my consulting firm to exit into a strategy role at companies such as Google or Facebook?

I will soon be a consultant (post-MBA) at my firm, and would like to hear from ex-consultants who exited into strategy roles at top technology companies on how they did it.

 

Loving the South Park references, JYFresh.

I am not in the position you're trying to seek, but I have had three or four colleagues exit into roles at Google/Facebook/Twitter. Below are just some commonalities among these people -- this is certainly not an exhaustive list.

  1. They know how to code, or can at least somewhat read it.
  2. They did work at an earlier-stage company and played a key role in one of its growth initiatives
  3. They worked on a project for one of these firms, and networked hard with the employees they met there.
  4. They had experience on at least one financial project.
 

Did corporate strat at a top tech company.

There are some issues with doing strategy at those top tech companies (Facebook/google etc) - pm for deets.

Coding is honestly not necessary - but please please learn SQL. (you and your team will thank you). Info on customers/sales etc are now all in databases and to derive any sort of recommendation or strategy you really need to know how to extract info from there.

 

How well-versed does your SQL skill need to be?

I've had to pick up how to write queries in SQL Server and Microsoft Access on my own in a few of my past projects, and the learning largely involved Googling functions / solutions and trial-and-error until it works.

Should I take classes / learning modules on SQL ?

 

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