Hi all - Interested in doing tech IB and would appreciate any thoughts on the difference between doing it in the West Coast vs NYC. Obviously NYC is great as a city but I can't just ignore that literally all the prominent tech companies are HQd in the West Coast.
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I'm doing TMT in NYC. If you have the option, do tech in the West Coast. NYC tech is nothing to write home about...
In general (not always) NY TMT groups focus more on the Media & Telecom part whereas SF / Bay Area offices will focus more on Tech
NY Tech is a joke for the most part, most of the activity/client relationship is run by West Coast teams
Echo others - save for maybe Evercore (Naveen sits in NY) if you want to do tech banking don’t think twice and go to SF/Menlo
Even for EVR most seniors are in Menlo as well as the relatively more interesting verticals. Know that Synopsys/Ansys, Qualcomm deals, and Grubhub/JustEat deals were executed from Menlo
bump, ignore title - am currently analyst at EVR/MS/CVP Menlo with opportunity to lateral to GS TMT NYC. Wondering if anyone has any thoughts / considerations to think of. Have gone to school in NY so being drawn to it purely given NYC vs Menlo
West coast for reason no one mentioned - QOL just overall better. Most groups have chiller culture in SF / Menlo office vs NYC. Same hours but less FaceTime, more casual dress code etc which makes it way more manageable. People are less hardo / more relaxed overall but still sharp
lol West Coast groups are sweatier, especially the top groups with their dealflow
Yes i acknowledged that. If you are going to work 100hr weeks, wouldn’t you prefer the group that doesn’t care if you stay home to grind vs the group that keeps you up til 4 and expects you to be in by 9?
The converse of this is less office social stuff / happy hours but the choice is very easy for me
Uhhhhhhh not true
bump, looking for updated thoughts on JPM SF/EVR Menlo/CVP Menlo
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