Is working on sub $100M deals "real finance"

Just wondering, say somebody takes an offer at a shit IB that normally either only takes co-manager roles or only acts as lead/sole underwriter or advisor on sub $100M deals (Think: Truist, Mizuho, Cantor, Needham, Guggenheim, ING, UBS, Santander, Barclays, Jefferies, Moeliz, etc.)

Presumably most of the staff at these types of places are women who value WLB and maternity leave more than deal size. But curiously, if a chick from Jefferies claims to work in finance but only does ~$50-75M private placement deals, would you correct her and say that isn't real finance? Even if it is "real" finance, it still wouldn't be "high" finance, no?

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