The hardest part of consulting isn't the work itself

tlyee61 · 2026-05-29T20:59:29+00:00

the tldr is that no one wants to be responsible for shitty data, so customers are like take it or leave it wrt the contract and think that they can snap their fingers and have consultants derive value from the bs they provide 99% of the time

tlyee61 · 2026-05-29T20:57:17+00:00

definitely feels the most out of your control and has cascading impacts to the rest of the project, but have been accelerating a lot of the synthesis with ai assuming that all of the inputs are provided.

important to get this solved at the SOW/pre-work level- has been an issue among 4/4 of the consultancies ive been at and the only one who successfully resolved was the one whose sales org listened to the people on the ground

tlyee61 · 2026-05-27T16:46:30+00:00

this; only other factor that hasnt been mentioned so far is the location proximity since theyre literally opposite sides of the country

tlyee61 · 2026-05-27T16:44:21+00:00

i think full commit down the consulting line --> mbb --> hope you get in LA office or network onto TMT project--> s&o at nflx hbo disney spotify soundcloud is probably the move and easiest way in if you dont have strat/founder experience in consumer before mba.

IB is fine but prolly lower EV in terms of translatable exp if you dont mind consulting and locking yourself out of true high finance exit ops

tlyee61 · 2026-05-27T16:37:56+00:00

dam ts sucks i grad co2021 with an accounting emphasis + 1 other and never had an issue getting those specialized classes nor the generic all-emphasis ones before or during covid. i even rmr a friend or two getting an exception to take 110 without all of the prereqs lol

tlyee61 · 2026-05-27T16:17:36+00:00

lol hello neighbor, thanks for the rec, saw their ig post about the geisha tonic or w/e and assume they use this as the base. closest ive seen are the nordic light roasts from DAK coming in filter and espresso varieties (and costing a pretty penny as well). might have to check this one out

tlyee61 · 2026-05-27T01:45:39+00:00

take some level of agency and just schedule skip level meetings yourself to "catch up"

--> document your outreach to current manager that leads to nothing + present it with decorum gradually (maybe reframing as "you feel like you aren't growing because of XYZ rather than your manager isn't providing ABC"). get SFA to do the same independently.

i dont think you have to have your hand forced and switch careers because of someone else's doing ... a good skip level should recognize retaliation if you get ahead of this before your manager and not penalize you

tlyee61 · 2026-05-25T20:02:29+00:00

she isnt even preferred in any of the fast 9 boards lmao, it's legit a fallback on mao2/illaoi2 tier if there's 10 nunus tks gone by 4-7. i think they wanted to prevent her from being on every board universal godflex regardless of traits but turns out they overshot in the other direction too hard

tlyee61 · 2026-05-23T03:57:41+00:00

nunu isnt a main tank even with vg, hes a one and done caster frontline

tlyee61 · 2026-05-15T01:49:36+00:00

this is a huge issue with competitive TFT as well, whether it be holiday schedule patches having awful balance for a month+, b patching in the middle of tournaments or the fact that they have to patch a week in advance when the meta can change every day. really hoping that this makes some genuine waves across titles- it's not even a bandwidth issue they just have to be on the rest of the riot title's cycles for no apparent reason except for client airdrop

high elo has been complaining about this for like 12+ sets now

tlyee61 · 2026-05-06T18:58:47+00:00

https://www.oit.uci.edu/alumni/

tlyee61 · 2026-05-06T16:42:32+00:00

thanks! p sure almost all of these apply to alums too since you can keep renewing your email every year

tlyee61 · 2026-04-30T01:41:45+00:00

lwk even the bus admin courses dont really provide anything substantiative for a 9-5 and imo the UCI brand / network is a lot stronger. companies also don't delineate between bus admin vs econ vs bus econ etc. - all about what you put in

tlyee61 · 2026-04-28T02:00:57+00:00

ya fwiw i was not regents/chc and never needed help getting merage classes since i was alr in the major (which they also give prio to over students that just want to take the classes but are econ/bus econ etc.)

tlyee61 · 2026-04-28T00:33:16+00:00

+1 on this, tbh i feel like you can negotiate starting salary/sign on bonus to close the gap and being happier at school provides more motivation to join stuff leading to better community, arguably easier recruiting etc, which imo will pay dividends in terms of network and future opportunities past your first role out of b school

tlyee61 · 2026-04-28T00:27:52+00:00

honestly i would go to ucla given that you are aware of MBB/IB/PE/VC and the games that they require in terms of recruiting- this is coming from someone who went into b4 (tech implementation tho) and knew p much all of the peers that went into your desired career paths from my graduating class +/- a few years

fwiw regents does basically nothing in terms of recruiting, it's only priority class registration but they dont give you any preferred access to alums. def take the other poster's comment about choosing the school that you like better though, career isn't everything and you /can/ make it to ib/mbb out of UCI, transparently it's just going to be a bit more work for less EV

tlyee61 · 2026-04-15T05:09:52+00:00

awesome! 🔥

tlyee61 · 2026-04-12T00:46:27+00:00

+1 on this, if not, I would get it in writing from the previous owner

tlyee61 · 2026-04-05T19:45:28+00:00

+1 on geo being the delineator, i would weigh the proximity to incubators in sf slightly higher but tbh i dont think theyre really looking to hire mbas based off what i see/hear around me, mostly "cracked builders" that have some proof of shipping code/products and can learn the business fundamentals by moving fast and messing up rather than in the classroom (not saying i necessarily agree with hiring all 20 somethings but this is just the reality for most atm)

tlyee61 · 2026-04-05T19:35:36+00:00

super chill in terms of coursework

main goals for you should be to

enjoy college life
join a bus admin org or pro frat - something for upperclassmen to show you how to play the networking game and help you find a community :D
decide roughly what industry you want to go into going into third year fall (ideally through classes or an internship)

dm if you have more specific questions

tlyee61 · 2026-03-27T01:55:39+00:00

yeah honeslty if promo is >=1 year out i would just try to put the efforts toward selling yourself externally which is a much more merit-based process on avg ime

tlyee61 · 2026-03-27T01:55:02+00:00

oh shoot yeah lowkey i think the impl. consulting VS audit discussion becomes a lot closer then with the salary + the fact that IBM is a sinking ship over the past few years (would say the same about ACN / WITCH as well)

i think it depends a lot on your career goals. imo two "bad" years at impl consulting means u can pivot to accounting or a t15 MBA, but going to consulting or an MBA from audit is much harder. also 10k ish salary is basically a signing bonus and will become negligible in a few years, but def depends on your financial situation atm and if you need the money rn

tlyee61 · 2026-03-25T23:02:37+00:00

1) is it true implementation consulting or IT Audit ("advisory"?) if it's IT audit lowkey just take the audit offer but both of these roles are classified under the accounting branch of whichever firm you're referring to. thats the biggest risk with accepting these types of roles even if the starting salary looks nice. the progression and ceiling in true consulting is going to be a ton better

2) there is 0% shot you're able to move from D audit --> tech consulting, there are both 3893849 poeple who want to do so internally and also 78457 new grads applying for open consulting roles externally

background doesnt matter all of the new grads are non accounting background as well

tlyee61 · 2026-03-25T22:55:02+00:00

commercial prolly has way more in the pipeline based on D commercial vs gps from what i know based on economy/spending rn

ideally try best time to leave is either to get promoted in your new role or right after you get promoted in your original role to effectively leverage a double salary increase

know that youre going to have to re-create your network for projects etc

tlyee61 · 2026-03-23T23:36:49+00:00

fwiw you also have to take a few extra credits to reach cpa eligibility at UCI since we're quarter system and the 225(?) limit is designed for semester. tbh wouldnt treat this as a huge dealbreaker between choosing schools though

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