Engineer > MBA > Breaking into Corporate Strategy
Hey guys, my first post here on WSO. Looking for some career advice from anyone familiar with corporate strategy, particularly in the tech industry.
I'm a former electrical engineer from a top US school. Most of my experience has been in financial software, at a firm that everyone knows (and uses), doing both the engineering, project management and product development. Now I'm in a top 5 MBA and looking to switch to the business side of the tech industry - namely, corporate strategy.
I hear mixed things. Many say that it's hard to get straight out of MBA because they look for experienced management consultants, and because there are just limited positions. Others say it's not hard per se, as long as you find the right companies, and sell your story. I think I would much prefer doing strategy internally rather than management consulting, and I'm open to firms outside the tech industry. Anybody here who has worked in the field, or has experience recruiting? Any advice is welcome, thanks!
I have a different background (currently work in quant trading, applying to MBA programs now), so take this with a grain of salt, but I don't really see why that would be an issue as long as you know that's what you want and network appropriately. I would just talk to your career services dep't and say - look - this is what I want to do. Just tell me what I gotta do to make it happen. The reality is that what you want to do is NOT over-the-top ambitious and I have to doubt that it'd be super difficult to land...
Just curious, how would you feel about a 3ish year stint at a consulting firm? Might be much easier to break into strategy departments from a post-MBA position.
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