Setting the Record on Exit Opportunities

From my time looking at the S&T industry, one thing that has remained extremely confusing is the exit opportunities available. People are always contradicting each other in forums, and it doesn't seem to be as straightforward as other finance roles. I wanted to ask those of you who have been in the industry, what desks lead to where, which desks to look for if you want to go into the buy-side (HF), which desks are probably a dead-end in S&T, etc. 

Not only would I really appreciate this but I think that it would help everybody who is looking at doing S&T, and helping them plan best for the future. I appreciate any and all help

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Bump, but it seems like the exit opportunities are the ones you make. 

It's not a set path like M&A's 2 yrs IB + 2 yrs PE + 2yrs MBA + 2 yrs HF.... path. If you know your product & market well enough and have good trade ideas, you can go anywhere that touches that product. 

An FX guy could go to a HF to trade, but they could also exit to an insurance trading desk or do corporate hedging. A fixed-income trader could trade for a macro fund, but they could also do stuff with a sovereign wealth fund

 

Bumping this: I had multiple desks I was interested in at my last internship, but had no idea the types of exits/quality of each desk.

 

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