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Dont work at MS. They wont even let you search for porn on Bloomberg.

You know you've been working too hard when you stop dreaming about bottles of champagne and hordes of naked women, and start dreaming about conditional formatting and circular references.
 

both are good choices, you've clearly done well for yourself. I wouldn't worry too much about generalist.. often that is a good thing.

 
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Take GS.

This isn't even a close comparison. MS is a great firm, but GS is better by a long shot -- and not just in terms of reputation and dealflow. The two banks used to be a lot closer pre-2007, but MS isn't going to close this gap during your two-year analyst stint.

Consider the most recent Vault rankings across all categories: http://www.vault.com/wps/portal/usa/blogs/entry-detail/?blog_id=1280&en…

How many times does GS appear? How many times does any other bulge bracket appear?

 

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