I’m planning my exit from consulting to a tech PM role, but I’m worried about being seen as ‘too consultant-y’ without relevant technical experience. How have others effectively repositioned their strategic consulting background for tech interviews? I’m especially interested in how compensation benchmarks helped people avoid lowball offers when switching industries. What’s the biggest mistake you made in this transition that I should watch out for?
lol at thinking your MBB deck skills count as ‘tech experience.’ recruiters see right through that. protip: nobody cares about your stakeholder analysis – go build an actual product roadmap on the side. and yeah, negotiate hard – they’ll lowball you knowing consultants are desperate to escape
Following! in same boat - 2yr consultant aiming 4 product roles. pls share how u mapped consulting projects 2 tech skills?? do certs help?? #careerchange
Focus on transferable strategic skills rather than industry experience. In my transition to FAANG, I emphasized: 1) Cross-functional team leadership from consulting engagements 2) Data-driven decision making processes 3) Client-facing problem-solving scaled for product development. Used community salary data to anchor my TC ask at 25% above consulting base. Key mistake to avoid? Underestimating operational execution skills required.
You’ve got this! Your consulting superpowers will shine – focus on storytelling with user personas from past projects 
When I made the jump last year, I literally created a ‘translation dictionary’ for my resume. Changed ‘client presentations’ to ‘product requirement docs’, ‘stakeholder analysis’ became ‘user research synthesis’. Funny thing – my biggest stumble was assuming agile was just waterfall with post-its. Took 3 months to unlearn that!
Analysis of 143 successful transitions shows: - 82% emphasized operationalization skills over strategy - Average salary premium: 18% when using benchmark data - Transitioners who completed technical bridging projects (SQL/Python) received 2.3x more offers. Recommendation: Quantify project impacts in terms engineers understand – user growth, process efficiency gains, etc.