Sales and Trading to DCM

I am a first year MBA student and I have a summer internship in Sales and Trading at a BB. What are my chances of getting a full time job in DCM? If I do an internship in S&T does it still leave my options open for other roles in a BB or will I have to take up a full time job in only S&T?

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If your firm loves you you can most likely switch. But why? DCM = lower pay and longer hours. But busting your balls aside, I know people who have done it. I had a friend from my b-school class who did an IB internship, got a full-time offer, and then told the firm he hated IB and would only accept the offer if he could get DCM or S&T. He ended up pulling it off. But I'd get the full-time offer first, because I've seen people bring this up early in the summer then get shafted.

 

Cool... Why does it normally happen, what's the rationale?...

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Work on actual deals, develop more of a managerial work set, layoffs less often since you cover a few industry verticals...

Laterals happen more often then MBA new hires.

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so it's totally feasible to work in S&T for x years and then make the case for a CM gig...?

Thanks.

I imagine this varies by bank...

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jtbbdxbnycmadso it's totally feasible to work in S&T for x years and then make the case for a CM gig...?

Thanks.

I imagine this varies by bank...

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Doesn't really vary much by bank. Easy transition

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