How restrictive for exit ops?

After 2 years in IB I’m getting out but I have no fixed view of what I want to do long term. This makes it difficult to choose my 2nd job - because whatever I take will eliminate many avenues in the future. Does anyone know how restrictive it would be if I took 1. a strategic finance associate role or 2. an associate role in M&A insurance. Both are very attractive for different reasons - but worried about the effect (positive or negative) long term. Thank you.

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People in this forum are too obsessed with optionality. At some point you gotta specialize to make a lot of money and at that point you lose optionality. Just figure out what you would rather have: a corporate career or one in insurance and go from there. Optionality won't pay the bills. 

The 2-2-2 formula is stupid and just costs people a ton of money + time for MBA's especially these days when you can get most roles in finance without an MBA. Also if you don't want to do a certain job after 2 years in IB or want to go into something else, why would you ever choose to do it for the sake of optionality. That's 2 lost years where you could be doing something that you actually want to do.

 

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