FT Offer Advice: T2 vs Tech
Hi all,
I am a current graduating senior who is really fortunate to have gotten offers in both tech and consulting. I am looking for some advice on what might be best for me.
Offers:
- 2 Offers in tech - one at a FAANG(where I interned) as a Business Analyst and one at a non-FAANG as a Strategy Analyst.
- 2 Offers in consulting at LEK and OW
Considerations:
- In the long run, I want to end up at the same FAANG I interned at in a corp strategy role, but most of those roles are pretty much exclusive to MBA's/Consultants
- I am really interested in getting my MBA and like how in consulting I have the ability to do so
- I am unsure of my career growth/trajectory in tech in general
- I am unsure of Ability to pivot from T2 to tech in the long run
Any advice here would be really appreciated! Thanks :)
I think the answer here is pretty clear. You want to end up in a corp strat role at a FAANG. You already have that offer. Take it. MBA programs will definitely accept FAANG people since they are great places to work. Ultimately, if you decide you want to get out of FAANG I think the switch to consulting or other places is possible because: 1. it is a strat role so transferrable skills 2. Brand name.
Just my 0.02. Congrats on the offers!
Lol, grinding in IB here and wishing I had this offer. The BA role that you talk about at FAANG can lead to the CorpStrat role because FAANG companies do not exclusively hire consultants post MBA. If you look on LinkedIn, you will see as many who started as graduates and worked their way into Strategy/Product/Opps roles.
Just in case I am not clear, what I am trying to say is that it is not like IB to PE in the sense that PE recruit (almost) exclusively from IB (more or less). Whereas, you can actually start in-house in the role you want and have one of the best seats in the arena. Would also bet that if in a few years you are an internal competing for a CorpStrat role against a Consultant (external), you should win because of your knowledge and network 9/10.
Good luck!
I'd break it down this way - is your FAANG business analyst offer in a role adjacent to the product / strategy / sales ops teams? If so, take it and don't look back, lots of folks make the transition from those type of roles to pure corp strat / corp dev roles after a couple years.
If it's more aligned with a back office function i.e. Business Analyst for people ops team, etc. then I would think twice and consider the other offers. I'd actually take the strategy analyst role if it's at a high-growth tech co, else can't go wrong with doing LEK / OW for 2-3 years then finding your way back to a strategy team. Without knowing anything else would give slight pref to OW, but LEK = OW in a lot of markets so would consider the industries you like, people, the specific office, etc.
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