IB to MBA then back to IB?

I was reading the thread about why people dislike MBA associates and a common theme seemed to emerge suggesting that MBA associates are better off in the long run due to the skills they gained from their MBA.

I'm a junior in undergrad, so any consideration of an MBA is a long ways off for me, but do people ever do IB for 3 to 4 years, get an MBA, then go right back into IB? I don't think I've ever seen someone like that on LinkedIn. 

Would those people get to come back as whatever rank they left at, or would they have to start over again at As1? 

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Only if you're really trying to lateral up say from a no-name boutique to an EB or BB for whatever archaic reason

 

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