Deloitte vs JPMC vs Amazon -> MBB or PE?
These are my top options (I have a few more, but they're not worth mentioning):
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Deloitte Business Technology Analyst
-Preferably in Technology Strategy & Architecture -
JPMC (Retail Analytics) - Data Reporting Analyst
-Lots of focus on data retrieval and presentations to senior leadership. -
Amazon - Software Development Engineer (SDE)
-Just a "glorified" programmer. -
Raytheon - Software Engineer for its R&D arm
-The people at this lab created email (even the part where you include the "@" symbol), were the first to write the first version of the Internet for DARPA, etc. Just a high-tech company.
I have my heart set to breaking into either MBB or PE. I hope to leverage my technology background to jump into that world in the future. Which of the above options are best for my career goals?
*I would also like to use a Top MBA en route to my final career goals.
I worked at MSFT my sophomore summer so we knew a lot of amazon kids, they said amazon is the sweatshop of the tech world, you're overworked and underpaid. just fyi (plus if youre going the dev route i think the raytheon would be a more diverse experience).
I'd go for 1 or 4. 2 seems too much like data entry and reporting whereas I don't know too much about programming at AMZN.
Deloitte BTA is pretty solid in terms of placement into MBA schools. Not sure if you would like the consultant lifestyle though but it does get you exposure to a wide variety of clients.
RTN is another option and I only say that because it's for the R&D side. I've heard some good things about them and I'm sure you will learn quite a bit and have lots to talk about while working there.
With that said, I think D&T will give you a broader experience and has the perk of being IT consulting whereas RTN is a more narrow track but will potentially be more interesting and help you craft a better story for MBA.
I'm assuming you're trying to break into MBB or PE after attending MBA and not just right after doing a 2-3 year stint and this first job.
Hmmm...
For MBB, none of these jobs really stand out. Each of these will require for you to do an MBA at a top-10 before you can switch.
For PE, none of these jobs are good. The thing is, none of these teach you the finance skills or get you into the finance world which PE requires of you, and post-MBA, PE is much harder to break into since they don't do on-the-job-training for VP's. If you want to do PE, try to get a job in IB or even finance, or do financial consulting, then try to steadily rebrand yourself, PE would then not be your second but third job.
Thanks guys - I directly assumed that Amazon would be the best option, but I'm now having second thoughts. More opinions would be great.
I'm siding a little more towards Deloitte right now, but my chief concern is that God only knows if I'll be stuck doing implementations (no matter how much I network internally) or actually have the chance to work on the Technology Strategy & Architecture service line.
I'm definitely using MBA en route - I want five solid years of full-time work experience before heading off to MBA.
deloitte. it offers you the opportunity to transfer to Deloitte Corporate Finance (their IB group) or their S&O group. once you have that experience you shouldn't have a problem getting into a top MBA program and MBB or PE afterwards.
if you are not able to transfer you can always do an MBA with 3-5 years of BTA experience. Albeit getting into MBB would be much harder if you don't have any strategy or IB experience.
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