FT Offer Advice: Small PE Firm or S&T at BB
I'm about to be a senior at a semi target school (UT/USC/WashU) and just interned in Sales and Trading at a BB (JPM/BoFA/Citi) this summer and received a full time offer.
I was excited to get the offer and liked the people at the firm but I'm worried about exits from S&T, specifically the sales side. I recruited for other roles and landed an offer at a small PE firm with about $3B AUM and a pretty interesting tech portfolio and a good culture.
I find the PE job interesting but am mainly worried about the lack of name brand it has compared to my BB which could limit exits later on and the slight discount I would have to take in comp as an analyst there. I do think private equity investing is more interesting as a job though so I feel unsure about what to do.
Thoughts on what to consider here?
You should do what you think is a more interesting career. If you want to do trading, do the S&T job. If you like PE investing better, do the PE job. The brand name of a BB won’t help you much outside of trading jobs - eg you won’t go from S&T at Citi to a PE or VC role easily.
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