UBS/CS (Tech / Industrials) vs. MS/GS (Firm Strategy) for FT

Hey so just looking at some potential FT opportunities, would love to see how people compare the two groups. In both cases, I may consider lateraling in a year, but how transferable are the skills I would develop in each. Of course UBS/CS is actually IBD, but I imagine it would be easier to lateral into MS/GS IBD from another division in the same company. 

And no I don't have definite offers, but want to understand my playing field. Most important thing is to get the offers first, of course. Hopefully, the decision is made for me. 

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would even argue that an MM IB would be a better starting point than firm strategy at GS/MS if you are interested in IB/PE and all that. that said, if you don't even get this, I doubt you can really get the offer, especially given the situation this year. 

 

“They all end up at very solid PE shops” - thats just blatantly untrue. Even just a quick LinkedIn search would show by “all” you really just meant one or two lol

 

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