How has the explosion in size of MBB affected exits and development of current consultants.

From my understanding, in the US, Mckinsey and BCG both hire around 500 BA's a year now, with Bain being around 300-400. 
These numbers were around half around ten years ago. How is this going to affect exits, growth, development and the prestige of the roles in your opinions.  

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