Did IB Internship and then PE on small shop before taking a government role. How do I find my way back into a HF?

Hi all, so I did an IB Internship which turned into a PE Offer which I took. Aftera year and a half, the govmt came knocking on my door and offered me a pay bump + a growth opportunity. 

I'm pretty sure I want to continue my career in an investing role, specifically in equities. I'm considering Master's of Finance from Princeton/MIT or a Wharton MBA.

What's my best route to breaking into a Top MM (Millennium/Elliott/Citadel/AQR/etc.)?

I've heard IB-PE MF - HF and I've also heard S&T - HF... looking for more perspectives.

Thanks ahead!

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Would start with learning what an MM is, and what strategy you actually want to pursue 

the strategy will colour what path you take. The funds hiring out of S&T aren’t looking for the PE guys for the same strategy/asset class.

if you want to work at an MM (citadel, millennium, point72) then you can skip PE, get into IB/ER and move over. Better yet, do your masters and break into their graduate programmes, all of the above firms I mentioned have one and they’re pretty attainable if you’re switched on.

 
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So you have a year and half of PE, and then pivoted to something to do with the government, and now want to go a HF. Not to sound harsh but I have never heard of anyone going this route, usually government is where people retire at. 

I'm also confused by your last part, "I've heard IB-PE MF - HF and I've also heard S&T - HF... looking for more perspectives." Non of them pertain to you, you have no IB or S&T skills. You have PE skills, so leverage that into some chat with people on the buyside. (I don't count having an internship at "real" experience, most recruiters want at least 1 year of desk experience and not 3 months.)

Your best bet would be to network insanely hard are ANY fund, not just the more well known because they have a giant pool of people with direct IB, PE, ER experience to choose from. 

If after a year you're not getting close to getting offers I'd probably pivot to doing an MBA an any top university and recruit hard for those seats.

 

how do you make more in government then pe? even at the analyst level most pe firms tend to pay near the top range of government jobs

 

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