Career switch from energy to tech via consulting!!
Hi
I have 16 years of experience in Oil & Gas industry. i have experience in Business Development, Product Management (non-IT), people management and operations. Planning to do EMBA at McCombs in an effort to switch industries. Thinking that consulting for 1-2 years will give me a good pivot and make CV attractive for tech companies (Salesforce, AWS, Tesla, energy transition advisories etc). I am currently on $200K total comp. If I don't aim for MBB and look for big 4 or small consulting firms (post MBA) what will be the starting comp. Is there a better segway for a career switch
TIA
I'm in energy (younger, less experienced than you). But have you thought about renewables/proj finance route? I guess: why tech?
I did think about it. Looking at compensations in various industries, tech seems to be the one to meet or exceed upstream o&g compensations...happy to be told I am wrong.
Makes sense. Wasn't sure if you were leaving for comp or because of the industry transition.
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If you want to chat, let me know.
Why kind of role are you looking for in tech?
CuriousCharacterWhy kind of role are you looking for in tech?Partner Account management, account director roles in Salesforce, AWS and MS Azure are the ones I was looking at. These don't need a core IT background but I can use my BD and product management background effectively. I don't have consulting experience but I was thinking doing some consulting projects during EMBA will help
I'm not sure your plan makes sense.
Most MBA's/consulting types end up in strategy & operations roles in big tech cos, and account director jobs typically ask for people with 8-10+ years of quoting carrying sales experience.
Would strongly recommend full time MBA if you're looking to do MBB consulting, especially from McCombs. eMBA is a lot of people looking to stay in the same career path, and you'll want to attend every networking/recruiting event possible to make that kind of pivot.
I think comps should be around 180k-200k. Two questions for you:
1. why not apply tech directly now, including sales/BD roles in tech?
2. what roles are your trying to get after 2 years in mgmt consulting?
1) I did apply for partner development and sales roles in AWS and Salesforce no luck
2)Any energy or energy tech consulting roles in MC.
Let's say you get hired by Mckinsey in Houston office, they may ask you to work on energy/oil&gas, energy transition projects due to your 16 yrs of industry experience. Does it really help you to get a job at those tech firms (AWS, Tesla, FB, Salesforce) in Austin?
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