Whats going on fellas,
Initially I was going to exit out of the military with 4 years of W.E. and then pursue directly into a top 20 MBA to either get into consulting or IB after business school. After doing some further research, I want to be on the buy side in the long run (even a botique or middle market and under would be great).
It seem's as though opportunities for post MBA IB associates is very small without prior experience in banking or buyside W.E. So I was wondering if this course of action would be plausible in order to cramp in prior IB/buyside WE before getting an MBA to maximize my chances....
Cut my commitment early with the military at 3 years w.e and directly head into an internship (small bank/ botique/ middle market) which will hopefully accumulate to a full time offer which I will work as an analyst for 1-2 years. If after 1-2 years without a pre-mba buyside offer I would pursue my mba which I will try again and apply for buy side opportunities.
My concerns are as follows:
1) I will be damn old as an analyst..... around 26-27 y/o. Would firms look down on age?
2) I am banking on the whole JMO (junior military officer)/ veterans initiative that I see plenty of banks *say* they are supporting on their websites....
3) Plenty of great assignments in leadership experiences in military logistics/supply chain(don't know how that would factor to applying into an analyst position) and I am going to supplement my technical financial skills by completing the Wall Street Prep self study course.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Feel free to be upfront and deliver some cold hard truths. Thanks!
