Sales and Trading to DCM

I am a first year MBA student and I have a summer internship in Sales and Trading at a BB. What are my chances of getting a full time job in DCM? If I do an internship in S&T does it still leave my options open for other roles in a BB or will I have to take up a full time job in only S&T?

 
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If your firm loves you you can most likely switch. But why? DCM = lower pay and longer hours. But busting your balls aside, I know people who have done it. I had a friend from my b-school class who did an IB internship, got a full-time offer, and then told the firm he hated IB and would only accept the offer if he could get DCM or S&T. He ended up pulling it off. But I'd get the full-time offer first, because I've seen people bring this up early in the summer then get shafted.

 

Cool... Why does it normally happen, what's the rationale?...

The truth is you're the weak. And I'm the tyranny of evil men. But I'm tryin', Ringo. I'm tryin' real hard to be the shepherd.
 

Work on actual deals, develop more of a managerial work set, layoffs less often since you cover a few industry verticals...

Laterals happen more often then MBA new hires.

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so it's totally feasible to work in S&T for x years and then make the case for a CM gig...?

Thanks.

I imagine this varies by bank...

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so it's totally feasible to work in S&T for x years and then make the case for a CM gig...?

Thanks.

I imagine this varies by bank...

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Doesn't really vary much by bank. Easy transition

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