[quote]Thanks. Good point, at the same time - I heard that an "associate partner" in IBM gets exposed to a variety of clients/projects and sales etc. In Deloitte, a "Senior Manager" is responsible for a specific account and its sales and delivery. Also, i read in one of the post that promotion form "associate partner" to a partner level in IBM does not entirely depend on your performance (you need to spend certain number of years at the level before you can be considered for the promotion).[/quote]It's less fixed than Deloitte in that respect - you would get broader exposure for sure, as the model is much more vendor/VAS than pureplay consulting (no matter how they spin it). As regards time at grade, not sure on that one. You don't see too many AP/B10s around, they seem to get bumped up fairly quickly (assume its the US seniority sells model causing that).For my money I would take it Nick - there are too many SMs stalled in the Big 4 waiting for the Director step which never comes, and its a very visible place to plateau. At IBM at least the distinction between the AP and the E grades is less black and white.
