The other way round: from corporate strategy to consulting

Dear all,

I have followed and read several discussion on WSO and, first, I want to thank you all :)

Let me introduce myself, I am an engineer, after 3 years in a Joint Research Centre (Academia with a Fortune 500 company), I joined a defense company and in one year I received an offer to join the Strategy Directorate (the youngest and poorest there ) where I am having the chance to pitch CEO, MDs, Exec Committee.

However, before joining this defense company I turned off a McK offer as knowledge analyst. Now I am wondering what my next step should be: would it beneficial to join McK/BCG/Bain or my exit option will not change that much?

I’m asking because we have a couple of ex-Bain and BCG consultants that joined where I am currently working: they told me that in our current position we have a broader exposure to ”real corporate strategy”.

Cheers (and happy holidays!)

A

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