Banks in NYC vs San Francisco

Of these offices, which ones are the strongest to weakest? Do exit opps vary dependent on which office - could Barclays Menlo place into TCV NYC or would you be limited to TCV Menlo?

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Always easiest to exit to the same geography just from a logistics standpoint. I'm sure Evercore is good in all three, I would choose based on the city and industry you want to cover (e.g. if you hate either tech or energy there's not reason to get to Menlo or Houston even if they're super strong groups). If you don't feel strongly either way, I would lean NYC so you can get a broader experience.

 

If you are in your 20's you 100% want to be in SF. Without question. 

Coming from a guy who came to the Bay at 22 and am 28 now. 

Menlo has great job opportunities but pre covid, your commute would be 90min from Menlo to the city if you left anywhere between 4:30pm and 6:30pm. So don't try that either. 

 

Literally no one who works in MP in their 20s lives down there. They all live in the city. Commute is 30-40 min usually since most folks don't go in until after 10am.

 

40min if you leave at like 8pm and post-covid. 

I was commuting to Redwood City from the Panhandle (neighborhood in SF). If I left at 7am I got there around 8 to 8:15am with normal traffic, not to mention an accident. 

 

speak to the teams and get first hand knowledge. probability of someone with a valid opinion/insight seeing this and replying here is very low. close to zero. probability of getting made up bullshit is close to 100%. actual feedback from persons at those offices: priceless.

 

Completely depends on the MM and the BB, not a straightforward answer. Is the MM in their tech group? Assuming its a solid MM and mid tier BB tech in SF (CS, BofA, Barc) then you should probably go with the BB for better brand name. But the answer is not a binary "do this and don't do that." You need to consider whether or not you'd like to live in each location. Which team did you get along with better, are the cultures different? Getting PE/GE in NYC will be doable from either, its also way more based on analyst preparedness than the brand name alone. 

 

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