BB Associate Lateral to MBB

I am currently in BB (think GS, MS, JPM) with 3 years experience. I recently received an offer to join an MBB.

Is there anyone who has made a similar move? What was the experience like? Any regrets doing so?

I don't particularly dislike banking, but I am just find I am no longer learning much. Would love to hear from people who have made a similar move

How hard is it to return to IB if I decide that Consulting isn't for me?

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MBB would maybe hire them as an associate or senior analyst (or the equivalent titles at BB). While IB analyst vs MBB analyst has a decent bit of crossover on skill set, that diverges pretty quickly. Can't see any scenario where an IB As/VP would be able to come in as a EM/PL. IB VP's simply wouldn't be able to cut it from a project/team management perspective (and the same thing in reverse for IB skills, of course)

MBB Associate starts at roughly ~235k or so all-in at the moment, so not far off the lowest paying BB’s this year, and maybe 70% in a good/normal year, for about 70% of the hours

 

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