A2A vs Buyside - Should I stay in banking?
I am a 2nd year analyst at anEB在区域办公室。我没有参加2022年的周期招聘，目前似乎正在结束，原因有几个。原因之一是无论我有多少研究PE/GE (have been on-and-off researching about buyside this past year), I can't seem to get myself to be interested in it. The idea of investing in general and looking at / analyzing a bunch of companies and evaluating whether or not they will be good investments doesn't sound very interesting to me. Second reason is that I actually can see myself staying in banking.
For context, I am considering taking the A2A, since I never felt like I really dislike the work or feel overwhelmed (I've only had 4~5really去年残酷的几周）。我们的团队相对较小，我喜欢高级银行家（绝对比我所听到的规范更尊重他们的初级银行家），并且与他们有良好的关系。
但是，如果我不参加分析师的几年，我将失去机会，我将不会失去机会。我知道PE可能更好的退出哦,因为不仅does it open up higher buyside roles, but also gives me the option to return to banking if I wish to do so. To be very honest though, part of me is thinking this because that's just what everyone else is saying/doing.
I honestly don't mind the work I'm doing in banking, the pay is good and our group's hours are pretty good relative to other banks (averaging around ~70 hours a week ). But part of me feels like I'm just being lazy about recruiting / preparing and convincing myself that I should stay. Sorry for being so back and forth but it's just how my mind has been these days especially with recruiting in full swing.
任何洞察力都将不胜感激！提前致谢！
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Interested and following - also interested to know if exit opps really get worse after going A2A or if thats just made up
Interested and following - also interested to know if exit opps really get worse after going A2A or if thats just made up
作为一个A-AEB, I went through exactly what you're going through.
我个人并不想花时间做勤奋，争论营运资金细节，插入相同的型号，与勤奋供应商打交道并以反复出现的方式起草投资备忘录，比我当前的银行业工作更具吸引力的机会（这是对投资的悲观观点，不要误会我的意思，我完全尊重职业，而不是为我）
在与许多导师和同龄人交谈之后，我意识到我对自己的团队表示赞赏，喜欢老年人等，就像您所描述的那样。最终，不想离开银行业有些更好的经验。当我找到自己喜欢的东西时，我想离开。在此之前，我倾向于喜欢内部的高级战略思维IB, working with execs and plotting out the chessboard of the industry I cover (maybe grandoise description but whatever). Plus the pay these days is quite nice (thanks GS13).
As for your question about opportunities, my personal experience is that I have received just as frequent of inbounds from headhunters/companies. Definitely don't think the door is closed despite you not fitting the mold of the traditional on-cycle recruiting process. I have A-A friends who have - after a couple more years - decided they wanted to try buyside and entered as a senior associate. I know more A-A friends who have left and become senior managers in strategy roles and are doing well there.
The constant here is everyone still wound up in a place they liked and their long-term career is uninterrupted. We're young! 23, 24, 25 years old? A couple more years anywhere isn't going to stop you from achieving what you're set out to do :)
OP在这里 - 感谢您的输入！这非常有帮助。是的，我完全同意 - 我不招募的一个重要原因是因为我觉得我不喜欢购买的工作，而不是喜欢银行。
你在哪个城市？
颠簸，在类似的船上。目前处于最高状态EB而且我对当前的职位和WLB感到满意，并计划进入A2A，并且没有参加周期招聘。但是，在看到我的分析师招募（MFS的许多人）之后，我开始获得FOMO。我在这里不参加比赛吗？招募MFs作为A2A变得更加困难？有可能吗？谢谢，很抱歉劫持OP的帖子，只想回应OP OP的观点。
相同的！我非常确定不想招募直到招募实际上是由于FOMO而发生的。
If you're currently a second year analyst (at anEB这也是如此）您有整整一年的时间在周期开始之前思考/准备。完全坦率地问这些问题现在意味着您从来没有真正坚信为A促进A的促进，也许您只是自满，太忙 /无动力，无法预先进行招聘准备工作。最终，大多数IB分析师直到MD才留下来。您可能也没有终身待在银行业。最好现在招募单个分析师（而不是作为合伙人），以最大程度地利用您的机会。与上述评论相反，从我看到的最传统的买断 /增长公司看来，不会认真考虑IBassociates. Always the stigma that you couldn't recruit out as an analyst.
I'm sure you've seen so much more than the associates commenting on this thread.
Idk about that. I know plenty of associates that have left for buyside roles at myEB, didn't seem to have too much trouble. I just don't want OP to think he's that constrained, take your time and make a decision about what you want to do rather than FOMO.
I don't think you've been around long enough. I've seen MANY AS0 - AS3 recruit forPE在路上，取得了巨大的成功。不同之处在于，您有一些时间在交易中与特定公司建立关系。因此，您没有依靠猎头 +几个小时的周期访谈，而是在这家公司中获得了6个月以上的直接并购经验。现在，肯定有一个非常结构化的公司，只有IB分析师...但是您不会加入LT增长的公司并不是那些。
GoingPEwill provide more optionality, but if you know its not for you - there's nothing wrong with staying inIBand cashing in on some elevated comp. There will always be Director / VP corporate development / strategy roles looking forIBAssociates / Junior VPS。
Thank you and good points, but you are assuming that OP is in a group that works withPE他们有可能对工作感兴趣的客户。大多数小组不始终如一地工作PE客户。
/r/机密纠正
haha a2a losers
生病的笑话。光滑的交付，一爆的繁荣。8.9/10。再做一次。
减速。
Haha yeah, losers. While they stay in crappyIB，我们都离开PE，向一个售价30万美元MBA, lose 2 years of pay, and all for the chance to get back intoPE。A2AS是否没有意识到保证行驶的路线MF, HSW, and thenMF再次？显然，他们不走后一条路的唯一原因是因为他们是失败者。
而且不要让我开始去离开Corp Dev的分析师。晚上7点之前完成工作，只生活着上层中产阶级的生活方式？他妈的。我们比那更好
我完全明白你是其他评论者在说的，而你提出了重点，但是如果你真的想给予PE一枪，为什么不招募，然后再回到银行业，如果您不喜欢它？我认识的每个人都去了MF/UMM fund never had the desire to go back to banking, but I know a couple A2A buddies that still want to try out investing. It's not impossible to go toPE作为同事，但MF/UMM opportunities pretty much all go to those who recruit during on-cycle or from undergrad. Ik you're saying you have FOMO, and I'm hoping youre not trying to convince yourself that A2A is the best option just because you didnt recruit. Prepping and going throughPE招聘是一个bit子NGL，但绝对值得IMO，因此，如果我是您，如果您真的想尝试一下，我真的会考虑通过偏离周期PE
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