CS Tech vs Lazard Tech

Incoming FT 2023 analyst. Was pretty sure I would be going to CS but with all the news not so sure. Then I had a sitdown with a former CS tech guy who himself left this year. Says they lost 9 out of 12 MDs and filled them up with people from the likes of BMO, SunTrust, Wells, and dealflow completely dried up. If I have offers from CS and LAZ tech, should I go with Lazard or is CS still a better shop?

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Laz SF is a top tech group on the street. I interned at CS and would almost recommend any group at CS other than tech

Edit: idk why I’m getting MS I interned in a top CS group and the interns in the group that I knew hated it. Laz SF is widely recognized as a top group 

 

Laz SF Tech > CS Tech > Laz Boston Tech. SF Tech has solid deal flow and also does quite a lot of retainer "strategic advisory" work (and they're basically Google's corp dev team). Culture there is solid, and exits are great (know of historical exits to TB, Silver Lake, FP). Boston Tech's deal flow is much weaker, although I believe juniors are cross-staffed with SF so that evens out deal flow a bit, and exits are weaker than SF but still solid, but culture is very rough (also if you're not the Northeast prep school type you won't fit in at all).  

 

Honestly question the accuracy of info from current CS analysts, alum in SF told me the opposite and that they're winning mandates which made no sense to me 

 

sour incoming cs analysts throwing MS on any negative comments as usual lmao

 

thanks - could you speak to exit opp/experience at both of these CS NY and Laz SF?

 

Brother since when was any group at LAZ worse than CS? Troll post?

 

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