Boutique Asset MGMT or GS Operations

I’m trying to get into a venture capital firm when I graduate. Plan A was to do an IB internship with a BB. That didn’t work out. I am split between 2 offers. One is with a smaller Asset Management firm / hedge fund in SF (they oversee $300m and orchestrate an options indexing strategy), the other is Goldman Sachs Operations. What should I do? Does the network / name brand at GS outweigh the experience at the SF firm?

Thanks for the help,

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It's all about the experience. If you want to do VC, ops has nothing transferable in that regards

 

What year are you in escuela (that's mexican for school, monty told me)

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I am a junior from a non-target school (3.9 GPA). I was waitlisted at RBS & GS IBD and S&T, MS’s PE, and Baird’s IBD. I have an internship now with a seed accelerator and VC consulting firm.

I know that GS OPS is not the greatest work experience, but the network / exits might be ok. I know I wont get into IBD but I bet I could get into research or S&T.

Thanks for the help

 

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