"BB is better than EB for moving out of high finance" misconceptions?

people say this a lot but honestly does a bank like BOFA or Citi have any more cache/brand/prestige than a bank like Wells Fargo outside of finance? I doubt people in other industries/regular people will know the prestige differences of working in IB at these large banks... I feel like only GS/MS/JP have any real cache outside of finance. What do you guys think? Would this be a valid reason to choose Barclays/CS over BOFA/Citi if stuck between 2?

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Barclays/CS/BofA/Citi are all BB. And Wells does mainly MM deals.

Nowhere in your post do you mention a single boutique bank...

 
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Who cares what the person bagging your groceries thinks (and they very well could think that BofA and WF are the same)....

Anyone who will ever be evaluating you (whether a headhunter, hiring manager, future boss, business school, etc) will know the difference between BofA and WF. Choosing a bank that non-finance people think is prestigious might be the dumbest idea I've ever heard

 

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