A Tough Question to Answer - Looking for Some Advice

Need some advice here. Looking to go to a top MBA program in a few years and hope to one day be in a senior-level management role at a media/entertainment/tech company or investment firm down the road. Knowing this info, which role gives me the best chance of getting there.

Lead Strategy, Operations & Financial role at a top 3 tech company (think Apple, Amazon, and/or Google) in a global division that works on new products/ideas.

2 year IB analyst program (generalist) at a BB (think Goldman, JPM)

Thoughts? Don't know what to do.

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Agree with above. The answer becomes very easy once you decide which way you want to head down the track. Either will get you to a top MBA if you are a strong all-round applicant.

One piece of advice/my opinion: if you aren't sure what you want to do down the road, go to IB first. You could always go IB---> Corp Fin at a media/tech sort of company if you want to down the road, but it will be much, much tougher (if not impossible) to go from Corp Fin---> investment management if you start at one of the tech firms you mentioned and want to go to IB/IM later.

 

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