COVID-Adjusted Exit Ops

Hey WSO 

IB is not for me. Call me soft or whatever but I would much rather do other work. Given COVID will persist a while, how will exit ops (non-PE - thinking startups) be impacted if you had to guess? 

I'd love to switch to a different role ~next summer and want to make my expectations reasonable.

Thanks for all of your help.

12 Comments
 

It’s okay, IB isn’t for everyone (or anyone). What do you want to do longterm? If you’re interested in tech, then go startup or Corp dev. If you want PE maybe try LMM funds. If you just hit the desk it’s going to be very hard to convey that banking was beneficial. Lastly, don’t take a job out of fear or anger. You’ll just be miserable.

 

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