Leaving after 1 year

Joined a new firm in April as a 2nd year analyst, mainly as a reason to move cities. Thinking about leaving after a year once my bonus comes in.

In this situation, is it fine to leave after a year (don’t want to stay as 3rd year analyst knowing I don’t want to stay on as an associate)? How would leaving after year affect job placement?

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That’s a good point. I was at my previous job for just under 2 years (1 year and 10 months). I would be looking to leave IB and going the PE route ideally, so I am thinking that ~2 years and then a little over 1 year would negate the flight risk concern.

 

Don’t really see any issues here. Think it’s not too uncommon and it’s good that you have a couple years of experience too. 
 

What type of bank are you at? Might make a difference seeing you may want to go into PE 

 

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