Small IB Tech M&A advisory or Big Econ Consulting Shop.

This is a pretty niche question so any advice would be appreciated.


I'm currently a rising senior at cal studying econ and math. I'm doing my junior summer internship at a top econ consulting firm in the bay area. I like the work and I would be fairly happy converting to full-time or working for a different econ consulting firm. On the other hand, I have a bit of a network at FAANG and at a few 10-50 person IB tech M&A firms. I think I could get a full-time offer at one of the IB firms, they aren't Qatalyst Partners but have done deals with most of FAANG and look like they have a good deal flow. I have no clue which sounds better. I want to keep my options open and do an MBA in a few years. Econ consulting seems like it has good MBA placements but I can't find anything for small boutique IB. All the MDs when to an M7 if that matters.


Any feedback would be great!

 

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