Seeking thoughts of fomer auditors in IBD

Hi all,

Would like to hear the thoughts of any former auditors who ended up doing IBD.

I am a current auditor seeking IBD roles. Given that I have only decent grades in school and average career experience, its most likely I would be at a boutique or at best a middle market firm. Searching on linkedin led me to see that the exit opps for boutiques aren't at all good.

Therefore, I was just wondering at what point does a career in Accounting make more sense than one in IBD?

Cheers.

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