Where would you say the line would be for going advisory @ big 4 to an investment bank? Obviously depends on the firm but would you say you wouldn’t go to a firm under a certain size? I.e. I would love to hear your thoughts on if I should go from b4 to a boutique with ~15 people?

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What are your goals? If you really want a career in banking, joining a small group is a good move as long as they have deal flow.

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Seems like a good group. I wouldn’t worry too much about it being small.

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Or is it that because banking is so hard to get into I should accept the offer with 15 people and go from there? Having a hard time getting firms to say they’re hiring right now.

I had a colleague in advisory that had to get his mba to get into investment banking. I imagine he aimed for the bigger firms.

Yeah, this is definitely my back up plan. But I would love to make the change without taking out 160k in loans

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MM IB at the least

What makes you say that?

Our firm is looking for folks who are motivated to be in banking...happy to help fellow fishes here!

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