Tech background looking for career change

Hi all, this is my first post here. I am currently looking at making a career change to the IB or prop trading world as this has interested me for quite some time. I have an engineering background and about 6 yrs experience in sales and engineering at big tech firms like MSFT and Google. I am getting an MBA at a top 10 school focused in Finance and I want to know what the best route would be to make this sort of a jump from tech to finance. Has anyone done this? Are there any suggestions? I am also concerned about a big jump backwards in salary initially, I would love to know what to realistically expect.

Thanks!

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You're already getting a top 10 MBA. Go with the flow, network, and apply like everyone else in your program. Be competitive and do well in interviews.

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