Turned down BB IB for MBB post-MBA. Did I majorly mess up?

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If you want to be a banker, then you did make a mistake. If you want to work in PE or corporate finance, you probably made a mistake. If you want to work in VC, you may have made a mistake. If you want to do anything else, you most likely did not make a mistake.

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Well done 👍

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Not unless you wanted to work 100-hr weeks in your late 20s

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Yea 100% a huge mistake. I went from consulting to IB post-MBA and make close to a million a year in my early 30s now.

How did you even interview for both consulting and IB @ the same time?

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What do you want to do?

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I wanted to go to BB but was not ready to relocate to NY and was worried about the strain on relationships with partner/family the workload would take

Yesn't

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Depends on if you want to be a banker or consultant

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No

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Yes

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Depends

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Long story short you should have a fine career with MBB and if the recession happens layoffs may be slower than i banks. Having two good years at MBB would be preferable to getting fired after one year in ibanking.

You could support due diligences at MBB to get an ibanking flavor.

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No. You’re future industry employer doesn’t know what any of those things are

If you really like making $$ then yes

IBs are in the midst of aggressive layoffs and MBB isn’t…

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