6 months IB analyst to corp dev

Wanted to get the forum’s thoughts on the below as I fear I might commit career suicide but humor me a bit.

Been on the desk for 6 months at a shitty LMM bank in NY. I’m in a coverage group that has been growing, went from 2 MDs to 5 and deal flow is very strong.

I’ve been getting great exposure and healthy amount of responsibility. Currently on 2 live deals and learning a ton. My group however constantly takes on sh1tco mandates which makes it hard to get excited about my work.

Recently, I landed a Corp dev role at a publicly traded smallcap Medtech company in California (my hometown). Base is higher than my current salary and I was told bonuses are good. The company is going under some strategic changes and hired a new cfo who is a Medtech legend. I would be reporting directly to him and I would help with presenting to the board of the company.

Am I crazy for taking this corp dev role where I’ve only been an analyst for 6 months? If I take the role I would be getting paid ~120k, great WLB, reporting to the CFO and working on projects to help this small cap company grow AND I would be able to move back to california closer to my gf and family

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Dude if you want to do it just go for it. You're still young and you can take risks, worst case scenario you can always go back to banking or a MBA.

 

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