Mid-tier Tech BB Exits

Hey everyone, about to start as an analyst 1 at a mid-tier BB tech group (Citi/BofA/Barc/CS) and I'm curious about exits. I'm from a semi-target aiming for UMM/MF growth or early stage VC.

Do mid-tier BB tech groups exit well, or is there a clear disadvantage versus GS/Q/MS?

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Thoughts on how JEFF SF is perceived? I know they do a lot of sponsor work / hardware M&A

 

I don’t have too much info on the FT analyst exits but I think I have two friends that interned in two of those groups you mentioned. They both “exited” / lateraled to different jobs full time. The bar cap TMT NY guy ended up at BX PE FT did three years there and now is at King Street. The other guy I think did CS SF, moved to Milstein RX FT which got acquired by Gugg and now I think is an RX VP there so I would say very strong exits/career paths for those groups you mentioned based on the two data points that just came to mind for me. Good luck

 

Honestly, all SF Tech group analysts have plenty of options exiting to tech-focused growth / vc… being at a mid-tier BB is good enough, and if you can get a great offer is really up to you. Note that IB isn't really naturally conducive to exiting to early-stage VC though, but more like Series A -> pre-IPO venture / growth 

 

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