Urgent Advice Needed (Exploding Offer)
I envy the many that come on here and ask for advice as to which bulge bracket offer they should select. Unfortunately, I don't have that problem and in this market I realize that beggars can't be choosers so I have a difficult choice concerning the only SA offer I've received so far.
Let me set the stage: just the other day I received and accepted a part-time spring internship with a London boutique. I was told that depending on how this went that it could lead to a full time offer (I'm a final year student). Soon after, I received an exploding offer for an SA stint in sales at a financial information services company (think Morningstar, Markit, etc.). The offer explodes very soon, and this opportunity also has the potential to lead to a full time offer.
Now I don't know if I should accept the summer offer (not knowing whether or not my current boutique internship will extend me a return offer) or if I should decline the offer and just hope for the best from my current internship (IB is my first choice). The SA offer wanted me to sign a contract which makes me a little hesitant to think I'd be able to renege on it provided something better came along.
To be honest, in this market I feel fortunate just to have any offers at all, that being said, I do want to do what is best for me, so any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Also, provided I do take the SA offer, what kind of exit opportunities to sales people at information companies have? Is there a history of these kinds of people going into hedge funds?
Thanks in advance!





Are you from London? If you
Are you from London?
If you have no problems living and getting to London and the boutique is reputable and you can get good experience (not just getting coffee), then I would go for that. Stick with your passion and bust your chops while you're over there.
Yeah I'm actually already in
Yeah I'm actually already in London. Both offers are for the London office. I'm already with the boutique, but there's no guarantee they will hold on to me (believe me I'm going to work as hard as I can to try and ensure that they do). That being said, if they don't and I don't take the other offer as well, then I'll be stuck with nothing; if they do and I have already taken the other offer...then I probably have a problem...so I don't know how to go about this.
Funny I'm stressing over this, it sure beats the stress I had last month where I was just praying I'd get any kind of offer.
I'd definitely sign both.
I'd definitely sign both.
I'd sign both.
I'd sign both.
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Thanks for the advice!
Thanks for the advice!