Felony Record about to be expunged advice on how to get into IB or S&T?

I'm seeking advice on how to switch careers into IB/S&T. I have a bachelor's in Finance from a state school and I'm 3 classes away from finishing my master's in Computer Science from a Top 10 university.

In the time of my probation / expungement process, I worked at a boutique crypto market-making firm not doing much tbh. Then most of my time at a smaller Crypto exchange doing research, trading, and marketing.

I have always wanted to work on wallstreet in either IB or S&T. What are my chances of getting in this late in time with no relevant experience? I could aim to do an MBA at top 10 but i'd be probably 30 by the time i finish so I would prefer not to do that.

Any advice would be appreciated :)

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Honestly your chances are extremely slim. The process is difficult as is so I would try but mostly avoid BB’s. I think smaller shops would find your journey very interesting and if you can demonstrate competence your chances may be better suited there. I think in your case your best bet to get your foot in the door is to really sell yourself.

 

Stay in crypto and hope it comes back tbh. Does expunge mean whenever you interview and they ask have you ever been convicted of a felony you can theoretically lie and say no and they won't be able to find it? Or will it pop up in a background check. If it's the latter then you're fucked in finance and should stay in crypto and hopefully hop to other startup type crypto firms maybe non-US.

Top 10 CS masters but has a felony, that sucks for you man. I'd honestly aim for the crypto MM's abroad and maybe down the line with a solid track record/book of risk you can hop to different firms on their crypto teams.

 

Oh nice, yeah if you can literally say it never happened and you can check the "no" on the have I ever been convicted of a felony I think you're fine. Once you finish your CS masters just recruit for S&T and trading firms graduate programs. You're in a masters program and graduating it as you said so you get to apply for new grad stuff.

 
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