Leaving IB Early

Hoping to leave sometime between when bonuses hit this summer and the beginning of next year so that would be 1-1.5 years of IB experience.  Can anyone who has left around then shed some light on how that impacted their compensation? Is it close/the same to the ranges quoted for those jobs after two years of banking or is it materially lower? 

Really just want a lifestyle shift so mostly applying to corp dev, LMM PE (where I have contacts who can confirm better hours at those firms), tech sales, and VC so interested in those especially. 

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