Tech vs Banking

Hello All,

I know the banking vs tech conversation has been thoroughly discussed on this forum. I received offers from a bb (GS JP MS) for S&T and an account management offer from FAANG. I'm not dead set on what I want to do in the long term but I'm optimizing for high visibility and preparedness for B-School. I am worried the tech route as a first job might pigeonhole me whereas a BB S&T gig could give me the flexibility to explore finance AND tech down the line. Trusted people in my network think BB may be a good start and that while the company (FAANG) is great, account management is not the sexiest. Others think tech is the future so it might work to bite the bullet now. What would you pick and why? Please feel free to share your thoughts.

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I feel like S&T at a BB opens a lot more doors than the FAANG position. Account management isn't a very sexy role even though it is at a FAANG but ST at a BB pulls its weight. Can always switch to tech using the fact you 'worked in a high pressure environment'

 

IB prepares you best for a corp dev or corp fin role. Account management is sales (which can be very high paying as well, but is just different). The people who say go IB and then tech, generally mean go to IB and then corp dev or corp fin. Also, the IB role prepares you for such roles anywhere, not just tech. IB wouldn't be that useful in sales because analysts don't get much client face time.

 

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