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You're assuming that big name consulting companies etc are actually doing complex work. They're not. As an analyst/associate you're spending most of your time
by dmagee 11y ago
You're assuming that big name consulting companies etc are actually doing complex work.
They're not.
As an analyst/associate you're spending most of your time crunching out excel spreadsheets and powerpoint presentations. Something the average highschooler could do.
- hkmurakami 11y agoI would be somewhat more charitable and claim that they do some "fit the client problem to an existing in-house problem solving models" exercises as well.
- thefinalboss 11y agoI disagree. Having spent 6 years working in one, my tasks ranged from spreadsheets and decks to coding java, dev ops, all forms of testing and plenty of technical design work. It's hard to lump entire big consulting companies into one category as once you get to 100K+ employees the company is like an entire world within itself. I agree that in general, the consulting arms of said companies do not do complex technical work. When you are integrating and upgrading a SAP implementation with 70+ existing systems, across 6 continents, with hundreds of stakeholders, things get complex.
- rrss1122 11y agoThis makes me wonder why they're asking one guy to do the work of two or three people. If it's really that simple, and doesn't require specialized skills, there are plenty of archaeology and anthropolgy grads out there, realizing they made a mistake in choosing a major, who would love a job crunching numbers on Wall St. Why not hire more?