When should I start networking into IB as a lateral hire?

Starting in TAS at PwC straight out of school this summer. Interested in eventually lateraling into IB. BIWS says to wait until around 6 months of work experience, which is crazy to me because that's almost a year from now. What are things that I can do to prepare myself for IB? 

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