Should I Stay or Should I go?
Just started my 2nd year as an analyst at a BB. I really love my team, and I get along with and respect one of the MD a lot. I work with like 5-10 different MDs, and it's whatever with them, but one of the MDs I work with is just so great. I've met his family and had dinner with them, and he really cares about us and is also just insanely good in his vertical.
I recently received an exit offer at an SM hedge fund in London. The job there pays a little more and seems to have a solid growth path, but I also really like my IB team here, especially the MD. If we're in the office at 3am on a Saturday, he is too; I've learned so much.
If the MD got hit by a car and died tonight, I'd 100% go to the HF, but you could say the same thing if the SM Manager died like that too. What move do you suggest? I'm assuming the HF is the better option, but this MD has earned loyalty and cares a lot about retention.
Honestly, job offers come and go, but really good people are hard to find. And it's not like you're making peanuts either. If the other MDs were dickheads, probably a different story, but you seem to like your team overall. So it should be more about what you want your long term goals to be. If public markets are your passion and this a hedge fund that you really want to be at, then head on over. If you are simply just trying to follow a certain prescribed path because it's what you've been told is the "best", then really think about what you want and what "growth" you want to have.
Call me a sinner, but I love $$. I like the idea that I have a much higher ceiling at an HF, but I also do like the M&A vertical (activism defense) and feel like that's a less risky thing to do. I also day-traded in college, and I found it insanely stressful.
I think another part of it has to do with the seniors themselves. The HF guy is great, but I don't have the same ultra-respect for him as I do my activism MD
Quae fugit qui at. Officia suscipit rerum est laborum excepturi distinctio. Esse atque et consequuntur aliquam. Rerum necessitatibus quam nesciunt iure.
See All Comments - 100% Free
WSO depends on everyone being able to pitch in when they know something. Unlock with your email and get bonus: 6 financial modeling lessons free ($199 value)
or Unlock with your social account...