Well back at it again. While I still continued to beat a dead bush for IB I encountered two "less ideal" opportunities but then again its better than nothing.. There's one with a PE fund thats doing an unpaid internship for 3 months that eventually turns into being a full-time analyst. It has a good amount of quantitative work like valuation, research and modeling in which I have been lacking in experience for quite sometime. Might be beneficial for me. On the other hand, theres this LMM boutique thats paying $30-40K plus commission (apparently) for deal sourcing in tech M&A verticals.

If you are set on choosing one of these two, I would go with the PE fund because I think that experience will be most relevant to you if IB is where you want to eventually be at. That being said, I would honestly keep looking. A three-month unpaid internship is ridiculous. In my personal experience, if a firm cannot be bothered to pay at least minimum wage, the work they give you cannot be that important. I would not put too much stock into whatever modeling experience they're trying to sell you on.

temp to full-time at PE or deal sourcing in M&A?

Well back at it again. While I still continued to beat a dead bush for IB I encountered two "less ideal" opportunities but then again its better than nothing..

There's one with a PE fund thats doing an unpaid internship for 3 months that eventually turns into being a full-time analyst. It has a good amount of quantitative work like valuation, research and modeling in which I have been lacking in experience for quite sometime. Might be beneficial for me.
On the other hand, theres this LMM boutique thats paying $30-40K plus commission (apparently) for deal sourcing in tech M&A verticals. Im really lacking (instert dollar sign here) at the moment and could use some to pay off loans. Will be worth sacrificing? However, its kind of in the realm of IB w/ two tech & internet bankers doing pitching but dont want it to feel like my other internships all over again.

Which one would seem like less of a double edged sword where I can at least come out with something that at least feels like a job. What do you guys think?

Thanks everyone!

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