I’m a first year IB associate and while I like I team I have decided that I want to lateral at some point. The market right now is obviously hot and I have recruiters emailing me constantly but I feel like it’s too early to make the move. Should I be striking now while the irons hot or do you think there will be a lot of open spots once associate bonuses come out?
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If you know you're going to lateral, the sooner the better. You'll burn bridges with your current team regardless so might as well start to build goodwill and learn internal processes/systems at the new place earlier.
If you like your team though, why move?
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