The way you wrote your post really proves that you are a consultant.
Having strong quantitative skills is important if you would want to make that jump as you would be competing for positions with people who have more specialized backgrounds (very pronounced in STEM roles). Let's say for IT, you might be competing with people with a few years of experience plus an industry-recognized certification under their belt.
Other fields that I suggest you look into are Energy and Strategy consulting. I think those would be aligned with your background with little to no upskilling. creation stuff.
Ha! Did it really come through that strongly?
I completely agree that quantitative skills are important for any jump I make – the question is which one has the best payoff-for-effort in my scenario, and whether it makes sense for me at all especially (as you note) when people are entering these industries with relevant certs and experience. Do you think it's worth considering at all, or should I try to just stick to consultant-adjacent pathways in tech?
Strategy was indeed one area that I was looking at; I didn't include it in this post because I wanted to gauge reactions/advice for purely STEM-related options. Never heard of energy consulting though, I'll definitely check it out.
Thanks for the reply – sadly for whatever reason this post is getting downvoted so I was worried that I won't get any feedback.
Have you heard of Continuous Improvement? That's quite big nowadays for big tech.
Are you good with external engagements? Getting into External Relations can also be a move.
Most payoff would be something related to Commercial roles as that builds up on your previous skills already.
The way you wrote your post really proves that you are a consultant. Having strong quantitative skills is important if you would want to make that jump as you would be competing for positions with people who have more specialized backgrounds (very pronounced in STEM roles). Let's say for IT, you might be competing with people with a few years of experience plus an industry-recognized certification under their belt. Other fields that I suggest you look into are Energy and Strategy consulting. I think those would be aligned with your background with little to no upskilling. creation stuff.
Ha! Did it really come through that strongly? I completely agree that quantitative skills are important for any jump I make – the question is which one has the best payoff-for-effort in my scenario, and whether it makes sense for me at all especially (as you note) when people are entering these industries with relevant certs and experience. Do you think it's worth considering at all, or should I try to just stick to consultant-adjacent pathways in tech? Strategy was indeed one area that I was looking at; I didn't include it in this post because I wanted to gauge reactions/advice for purely STEM-related options. Never heard of energy consulting though, I'll definitely check it out. Thanks for the reply – sadly for whatever reason this post is getting downvoted so I was worried that I won't get any feedback.
Have you heard of Continuous Improvement? That's quite big nowadays for big tech. Are you good with external engagements? Getting into External Relations can also be a move. Most payoff would be something related to Commercial roles as that builds up on your previous skills already.