1 year after graduation, need life and banking advice
I graduated from a target last year (2017) with a 3.7 GPA + and interned in a real estate banking group at a top BB in my junior to senior summer. I did not get a return offer and couldn't nail down a full time banking gig. To be honest i didn't have my technicals.
I ended up getting a MO/BO role at a struggling BB with $80/85k comp but didn't want that as going from BO to FO is an unlikely move. I honestly was always intrigued by the salespeople in the S&T side, so I decided to take a swing with a sales role at a top tech company. I got promoted from an SDR to an AE for Enterprise Accounts a couple months ago and am definitely in a fortunate position in my current company.
Pay is not as good as banking by a long shot but my hours are definitely better. That being said, I would prefer to work longer to make more $. Maybe its an infatuation with banking or the culture of finance and living in Manhattan (i don't live in NYC anymore), but I do miss how i felt during my summer internship. I also miss being surrounded with grinders and the importance of a career among my peers (I work with a few people who never even did an internship, although my peers within my new promotion are definitely more career driven).
I am considering going back to banking as I don't want to be 30 years old one day and thinking about why DIDN'T I TRY HARDER for banking... I am also considering S&T but I am not sure if that would be a good move but I know the peers would be good.
What are my odds of getting back into banking/S&T?(i recognize Real Estate banking would be the easiest get, but i want my odds for traditional IBD, real estate banking, and S&T)
Moreover, can anyone relate with this type of experience? All in all, I feel like i'm not living up to my full potential and I am lost.
Seems to me you have two basic choices:
Continue to excel at your current endeavor. Good corporate sales people actually make quite a bit of money. As you grow with that position you'll learn it's not about grinding and time, but rather results. Actually, you don't want to have to work huge hours because that implies a lot of busy work and that's not how sales works. Hone your skills, be massively effective in client face time scenarios, and increase that as a percentage of your overall activities. You'll work less and make more. That's actually the goal for most people.
Work for a few yrs and get MBA and start over in BB recruiting. You went to a good UG school. Excel at work, get good test scores and you should get in.