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Does this happen ever? I’m obviously a prospect so don’t know exactly what I’m thinking of doing long-term. I’m curious about the possibility of returning to the sell-side post-MBA. Thanks for the insight!

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Not exactly common but it does happen. PJT RX has several folks who did that as do a few other top groups. I can't imagine you'd have much trouble transitioning back and you'd be light years ahead of your associate class.

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Of course. Some ppl don't like the DD part of PE and like the sales, etc nature of IB.

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