New to the community. Hello to everyone!
So I am a senior finance major graduating in May at a non-core school with a 3.7 GPA. I have been looking for an analyst position for 6 months and have had plenty of interviews but never got an offer from a bulge-bracket. It has been a long frustrating road.
Finally, I have been offered an analyst position with a boutique middle market M&A bank (closes 10-15 deals/year ranging from $30mm-150mm on both the buy/sell side).
They are not in NYC but they pay well ($120-130k including bonus). What should I do?
...take the offer.....
Just wanted to quote this to make sure I wasn't missing anything...
TROLLLLLLLLLL, but by the off chance you are not a troll, can you pm me the firm? I will be going through FT recruiting next year. :D
are you fucking me - take it
some BBs won't even pay you that much. JEFCO will lay you off right b4 your bonus.
I think you mean UBS
Why do you even need to ask this question...
@jasper90: I don't know what a troll is.
@everyone else: I am worried that with such a small and unknown boutique that I will have trouble lateraling over to a bulge bracket or getting into a top-notch business school. Should I even be concerned or should I approach this with the mindset that I could learn a ton?
Thanks for the advice on taking the offer.
It doesn't matter how you approach this because you don't have any other options. You should just be thankful for the offer you have and stop obsessing over bulge brackets and MBAs
When I was a kid, when I was a little boy, I always wanted to be a dinosaur, I wanted to be a Tyrannosaurus Rex more than anything in the world, I made my arms short and I roamed the back yard, I chased the neighborhood cats, I growled and I roared, everybody knew me and was afraid of me, and one day my dad said "Bobby you are 17, it's time to throw childish things aside" and I said "OK Pop", but he didn't really say that.. What he really said was, "Stop being a fucking dinosaur and get a job!"
Maybe if you had taken care of your shit and networked and been qualified and on your game, you would be in a situation right now where you were deliberating the merits of OFFERS... As it stands.. you have OFFER, as in the singular, non-plural form. You do not have a decision to make in this situation. Either you want to do banking, in which case you take the offer. Or you merely like the idea of banking, in which case you wouldn't be good at the job anyway.
It's adorable as fuck that you are wasting everyone's time whining about how you are concerned about being able to lateral or get into b school... Well guess what... these aren't any of your concern. You give up the right to feel like an offer is beneath you when you don't have any other options..
You want some real advice? Like for real reals? As in for totally serious?
Grow the fuck up... You sound like a child. Either take the offer or don't, but stop acting like a self-absorbed, whining sack of entitlement... It's unbecoming...
xoxo
This was exactly what I was thinking when I read this thread. I only have one SB left and it goes to you
Brand name only takes you so far. You can be a shitty analyst at GS or you can be a star analyst with strong references at a boutique. When time comes for lateral opportunities, the star analyst will be looked at 99% of the time.
Obsession over brand names will hinder your career progression and limit opportunities. Take the offer and celebrate!
I realize that sounded harsh, but it needed to be said. Congrats again on your offer... Take it, and if you are good enough to lateral or get into business school you will be able to cross that bridge when it comes.
xoxo
Gratz yo, just be happy you're not @ UBS.
What's a UBS?
xoxo
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