Going into industry before energy IB?

I've been trying to break into IB for a while now, currently work at a Senior in B4 audit. I'm trying to break into energy IB and was wondering if working for an O&G company is more likely to get me there as opposed to staying in public accounting.

I'm just worried to look like a job hopper, because I left one B4 after about 2 years, to come to another B4 in order to be in a city that has IB, ie. Dallas to Houston.

Anyways I'm wondering if I could do a couple months in industry as an FP&A or Operations analyst or something, how likely am I to make the jump after a couple months?

 

I don't really think there's too much of a difference either way, just go with whichever you would prefer working at. I know quite a few energy bankers who followed both paths. Of course, they're all associates or higher. Virtually all of them have McCombs MBAs. Luckily for you, you're working in Houston, so you qualify for the extremely reasonable instate tuition (less than half of HBS).

As far as breaking in at the analyst level, I'm less optimistic. I can't think of anyone that I know that wasn't hired out of undergrad.

 

That was more assuming that you would be working there until your MBA.

I'm not nearly as familiar with the landscape in what I'm now assuming is Calgary(?), but I don't personally know any analysts who weren't either hired out of undergrad or are laterals from another bank. Of course, that may be completely irrelevant to where you are.

 

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