Currently a data scientist and have an offer for IB at a mid-tier BB (BAML/Barclays/CS) and an offer to do data research/science at a large hedge fund. Which role has the higher career potential? fwiw I'd like to eventually move into management and will consider bschool a couple years down the line

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Question to ask is what will set you up to go to the best BSchool. If it’s a top Hedge fund, that will help differentiate your application a little compared to the hordes of IB / Consulting folks.
If management is your end goal - the bschool you go to will make the biggest difference as that is where you will jump to management from.

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I’d pick the HF. If you know data science, it seems like IB wouldn’t help you tap into it. A lot of people start out at IBs to eventually move to the buy side, so why not go buy side when you can?

Side question OP: did you interview at an IB and get the offer with (what I assume) no IB experience? Just curious because I heard it’s hard to lateral into IB from another finance field

If your goal is management do IB

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