Deciding Between offers: Goldman Market Risk or Greenhill IBD

Deciding between offers for SA at Greenhill in IBD and Goldman in Market Risk Management and Analysis. I'm probably interested in doing IBD FT, but not completely sure. I'm pretty sure the right decision is to just go for Greenhill, but want to hear a second opinion before going ahead with it.

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HarvardOrBust
DJ LIBORI'd take Greenhill straight up over GS IBD just based on the people. Really cool dudes over there and still an excellent name and deal flow. Congrats.

Really? What if I gave you an offer from GS IBD and GHL right now? You would be lying if you said you'd still take GHL

It'd be a difficult decision, but it's not unfathomable to take an elite boutique over GS. For one thing, you're guaranteed to never work on a capital raise at GHL and you'll also get exposure to restructuring, if that interests you. Not to mention the fact that GHL is a much lower risk business (not as relevant for analysts, but definitely something associates ought to think about). This is all ignoring the fact that you might like the people at one firm more than the other, which is definitely a legitimate reason.
 
HarvardOrBust
DJ LIBORI'd take Greenhill straight up over GS IBD just based on the people. Really cool dudes over there and still an excellent name and deal flow. Congrats.

Really? What if I gave you an offer from GS IBD and GHL right now? You would be lying if you said you'd still take GHL

You fundamentally misunderstand banking. For those of us that understand that IPOs and Private Placements fucking suck, a pure M&A shop like Greenhill is a pretty awesome fucking option.

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HarvardOrBust
DJ LIBORI'd take Greenhill straight up over GS IBD just based on the people. Really cool dudes over there and still an excellent name and deal flow. Congrats.

Really? What if I gave you an offer from GS IBD and GHL right now? You would be lying if you said you'd still take GHL

Your username reflects your logic on this thread.

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