I’m been working at Moody’s for 4 years as a credit analyst, if my goal is to get into high finance (HF, AM, VC, etc), will an MBA help, or is it not necessary?

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It will help you transition out of the ratings agency and to a high finance career. You have to target M7/T10 programs though, the weaker ones can get you banking but not the HF/AM/VC type jobs.

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