Extremely small boutiques vs. S&T

So I currently have FT offers from my SA in ST (UBS, CS, Citi, DB), and I want to switch over to banking but given the current environment that is extremely hard. 

I currently have an offer from a very small NY IB boutique in a niche industry that seems to have a lower-level street rep. Of course, I would preferably want to push both deadlines back as much as I can as I am in the pipeline for other opportunities. But in a vacuum which one is better? I feel the ST offer still has name-brand value.

Btw, I am target with a fairly strong resume if that means anything anymore. 

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I'm an incoming analyst at GS/MS/JP for IB and I'd rather take S&T in one of those banks over a very small NY IB boutique. The name brand at your bank will open more doors for you in the future and will especially be helpful for B-school applications. Plus, the work will be much more interesting at a S&T desk rather than bullshit powerpoint work for companies nobody's ever heard of. 

 

I disagree with commenter above. If you want IB take the IB offer. As you said, you got that target school pedigree so along with 1 year of FT IB experience it's definitely possible to lateral to a MM IB shop. IMO that's more doable from S&T --> IB.

 

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