Would it be retarded of me to do IB?

Just some context: Currently a student at a t50 university that's a non target (somewhat of a semi target for Houston). I came in wanting to do International Relations but didn't want to deal with government bullshit so I started looking into Finance and really enjoy learning about it. I'm also a semi observant Muslim. Because of that a lot of finance careers are off limits. In Islam we can't pay or charge interest, short, can't use derivatives, etc. In terms of banking products M&A and ECM is allowed but DCM and Levfin would be off the table entirely. Also credit, PE and HFs are also off limits.With all the limits within IB and limits on exit opportunities I think it wouldn't be that beneficial for me to go into banking. It would also be really hard for me to progress. It's because of all of this I'm leaning towards recruiting for consulting. With consulting I'd have similar exit opps available and would be able to progress with a career in consulting if I end up enjoying it. I also have the option of picking up my fathers construction business which he's ran for about 25 years. Would like to get some thoughts and opinions on what to do in my situation.

 
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Why not do IB focused on Industrials, then a PE firm that focuses on Industrials, and then take over the family business when you're older (30ish) and have solid experience. Then you'd have the knowledge, and deal expertise to scale it and potentially sell down the line.

 

I’ve been considering a similar path but instead of IB jumping into RE Development or REPE so that I learn and build contacts. Eventually I’d move over to my dads company and continue with the construction aspect while also picking up a RE Development line of business too. The only issue is that my dad is very conservative with risk these days and doesn’t have a desire to scale the business anymore. I can’t really blame him construction is risky and he has a good thing going where he barely goes to the job site and still rakes in low 6 figures.

 
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If finance is still of interest, Islamic finance is a thing, especially in the Middle East + Muslim Asia. Lending is often done in the form of sukuk, which I understand to be very similar to a bond...

 

I struggle to understand. You are willing to potentially throw away millions in earnings… for your religion? My parents left the church when I was 7 to dodge the ~1% tax you had to pay annually, so I didn’t grow up to be very religious myself.

 

This guy thinks charging interest is bad but is fine walking a children's hospital through a massively overleveraged buyout just to collect fees then walk away when they inevitably trip fixed charged coverage covenants two quarters later and are liquidated so the private creditors can recover 35c on the dollar? My mannnnn

 

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