Industry experience or banking?

I'm hoping to move into banking, covering TMT. I'm currently a freshman.

I've been given the opportunity to work at a small boutique bank for the summer, unpaid. Dealflow actually exists, although the clients are fairly small.

I also have a shot at working at more prominent boutique firms, such as Greenhill and Baird, but I'm pretty sure that's not happening anymore, with the market as is.

My other option is interning in marketing, at someplace like Cisco or Oracle. I'm not sure if it's paid, but I'd learn a lot, and I've been working several jobs throughout high school to help support it. I'm going into a tech startup for the spring semester.

Would you take the banking position, or work in technology? My goal is banking down the line, but I'm interested in both. While I'm looking for a marketing/finance/business type role, I've been programming and doing IT work for 5 years now.

Thanks for your time.

 

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