Got an offer to be a summer analyst at Blackrock in product strategy. What are some of the differences between my role and IBD?

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Everything, lol.

Your role is tech focused, which is totally unrealted to finance. The good news is that product manager jobs are extremely competitive, and a very popular exit op from IBD, so congrats!

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Your product strategy role at Blackrock is totally unrelated to IBD. I did the Blackrock rotation SA and am now in IBD - did not take full time. Great experience + culture + WLB though

Haha, that's wild, I'd have stayed. IBD is absolutely brutal.

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