Would you rather be in a TMT group or M&A group? Why?

Regardless of the firm / deal flow. I know firms do make a difference though. Objectively- Do you think M&A gets repetitive and that being in a coverage group is better to learn about all the different products? Or do you think learning about different industries is better?

Thanks.

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really stupid question, firms like Barclays, Goldman, most EBs don't even have an M&A group

 

How much of the work is M&A for GS TMT? Obviously, a lot of IPOs lately and more in the pipeline....but do all (middle and top bucket) analysts get looks at M&A staffings generally?

 

I'm personally more interested in learning about technology companies and their products as opposed to specializing in one product, so I chose to work in a TMT group that does M&A in-house. That being said, I think I'd rather work in an M&A product group if the TMT group at my bank didn't do M&A in-house

 

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