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Can you fake it till you make it in IB?
Do you need cash now? Are you looking for IB/PE career down the road? What other factors matter to you other than the details you provided for two options (e.g., WLB, flexibility, etc.)?
Based on what you described and only focusing on comp factor, the answer looks obvious.
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What are your goals? Maximum pay or wlb? Where do you want to be, PE? Corp Dev?
I have no interest in PE and MM bonuses are less than 100% here in London.
Two vastly different career paths with significantly different exit ops, lifestyle, etc
What MM Bank?
It’s sad how brainwashed people are on these apps. Banking is the most pseudo-intellectual industry that exists. To think in the slightest that modeling is a difficult skillset that accountants couldn’t do, you’re actually insane.
You HAVE to be 24 years old. Trying to talk about growth levers and industry trends — you are your director’s modeling & ppt bitch. “Actshually the fundraising dynamics 🤓👆” Glad you read your cases, but you need to touch grass.
I’m leaving Deals to work in strategy at FAANG, I’m done with M&A for now. My friends left Deals to work front office at Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners. Another one spent a year doing a rotation at a top HF (Citadel/P72/Baly), and now does S&O there. Not trading, but I know for a fact they make more money than a LMM PE associate ever would and works 9-5.
I won’t bother providing network or career advice to OP, I’m sure WSO boy here can teach you to cold call people on LinkedIn 🫵😹 Go throw your William Blair resume on the stack.
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The bonus in IB will make up for the difference in base. Like others said - what’s are longer term goals?
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There’s a fair chance you end up in the same spot after IB that you would if you went to be a finance manager. But, ib will give you the opportunity to pursue better exits that a finance manager title will not give you.
So net net, I bet you’ll end up either ahead or in the same spot going the IB route.
OP - did you start in FDD? Currently an audit staff looking to transition to FDD
Understand what a FDD role entails. Do research around QoE, net debt and NWC and that would give you a good starting point.