Taking a paycut for personal interest?
Would you take a ~10-15% paycut to do something you are interested in (e.g. Tech PE) and not FIG PE (which you don't like) coming a FIG IB group?
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Duh - not even a question
Post tax that difference is really nothing. However tech is probably more competitive than FIG (from a how the industry is doing, how many people are generally interested, number of people switching in from different backgrounds)
Vs doing FIG PE requires FIG IB for the most part and has some job security elements accordingly
Tech PE isn’t grass is greener
yeah I just don't find FIG interesting at all lol... have a non-FIG PE offer that has about a 10-15% pay discount to my FIG PE offer so wanted to make sense of my decision
100%
Life is too short to work 100h weeks on something that’s not interesting for marginally higher comp at the junior level (you won’t make it to higher comp if you don’t like it anyway)
I picked fig over tech for a prestige bump once and deeply regretted it
why do you regret it? what was your thought process when choosing between the 2 offers?
Things turned out ok but I hated FIG. boring and meaningless. Group had poor culture too
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Absolutely, especially as a junior. Prioritize what you like and want to do, the money will come over time but you will stick around a lot longer if you actually enjoy the coverage/work
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