If someone was going to spend 2-3 years after college in finance and had a choice between analyst roles at a MF PE or BB/EB IB, what would be smarter as far as experience for exiting finance after said time frame? Which experience would lend itself to opening more doors in varying industries? Not a troll, would like to hear opinions from folks who have transitioned themselves if possible!
Thanks.
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If you’re set on leaving finance (and not going to something very closely adjacent like corp dev where you’ll be doing M&A), I’m of the belief that neither of these jobs is optimal. What do you want to do after?
Perhaps something in tech, but not really sure (I know that's painfully vague; apologies). What if corp dev was potentially the goal? Which of those choices would be more favorable?
For corp dev as the goal I’d say PE as both are buy side and coming from a PE background could help you land portco roles at your firm or others (although these would probably be available with the IB job too).
Okay, this makes sense, thanks.
I had a similar choice for FT between an MF PE program and a top BB/EB IB return offer. Ended up choosing IB for the exact reason that I am not sure if want to stay in finance and haven't regretted it since.
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