Options for someone who's graduated for 2 years

Trying to get in the door after 1.5 yrs of not too finance related career, graduated from non target with not too impressive gpa. Been looking at a lot of network posts in this forum to get a sense of how to get in touch with industry professionals. Going to go for MBA in 2 to 3 yrs so going to biz school right now is not an option for me unfortunately. Looking for general advice thank you!

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Sounds like our situations are very similar. I've got about 1.5 years of non-finance experience after graduating from a non-target. MBA is at least a couple years down the road for me, and while I'd love to be able to "break in" before my MBA, I know how likely that is. I'm just trying to network my a** off right now, but I'm also trying to be realistic and figure out how I can gain meaningful pre-MBA experience if I can't break into IB before then.

 

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