Anyone have a good sense of how the Boston boutiques stack up against each other? Curious to hear insights on the ones I mentioned or ones I didn’t
Generally just want to know anything about rep/hours/deal flow/ exits.
Would appreciate any color
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Not too familiar with covington.
Shea is solid, agc and aeris sit below shea (all 3 are solid in terms of deal flow). G2 isn't great.
also heard agc was a sweatshop. unsure about shea but aeries is like 70 hrs a week
Aeris is solid, Shea is definitely below. AGC should be shut down for human rights violations
Not familiar with Covington
Didn’t realize how notorious AGC was
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shea is 110 base w 100% bonus. No way Aeris pays better
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Yeah I've heard first yrs at Shea clearing ~$230k
Any advice networking with these groups? Is reaching out to boutiques any different than MM/BB? I'd love to be in Boston.
I’d just reach out to alumni. Or fellow conference mates- ivy to ivy or jescac to nescac
Also look at HL, gugg, BofA, JPM, PJT, Jeff, HW. All have Boston teams. Primarily software
I have 10 alumni at my school in IB…
I’d say Shea is the best in terms of deal flow and comp from the firms you’ve mentioned, with Aeris and AGC sitting below. AGC hours are terrible for the comp though. All good software shops - with Shea paying close to 230k for first year analysts
Any sense of the hours at Shea for that kind of comp?
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