Does anyone else cringe a bit when they see a former intern, or similar, have “ex-BCG”, “former Bain”, “PwC alum”, etc. on their LinkedIn headline? I don’t like it generally, and I don’t feel like an intern even counts.
I truly hope it helps someone get a job, just cringy.
It’s growing rapidly and a sizable chunk of our business
I think they’re pretty great. Have worked alongside them and managed dedicated TA teams in the context of larger transformations
Thanks 🙏 . Are the Tech Advantage teams fully integrated with the strategy teams? Wondering if there's a significant segregation between the strategy and tech folks
There are many models. It is practice area just like consumer, healthcare, corp dev, or ops. Lots of opportunity for cross-staffing and team integration. That said, TA has a higher mix of Expert Career Track folks (still consulting with same titles but generally not partner track / sales expectations) and more laterals with specialized skills. I’ve worked with TA folks as SMEs billing 10% to the project, as consultants running a single tech workstream, and as a stand-alone team in the context of a broader effort (eg TA Partner, PL + 2 as one of several transformation teams). They also do TA-only projects
They’re different practice areas so in some ways yes but we do a lot of digital transformation which involves both