Post-MBA: IB or Consulting?

nnm

Most of the people here, I believe, are aiming at a job placement in IB or Consulting after graduation.

Question is, IB or Consulting??

Both are good-money, although IB is better;

Both are busy, although IB is busier;

I'm none of them, so can anyone have some comment on this topic??

such as "a tipical day", "holiday and weekend", "lifestyle", "pressure" etc....

I think it's pretty important for the MBA candidates to build their minds of what to do post-MBA.

cheeyong

以下是引用nnm在2006-7-19 14:28:00的发言：

Most of the people here, I believe, are aiming at a job placement in IB or Consulting after graduation.

Question is, IB or Consulting??

Both are good-money, although IB is better;

Both are busy, although IB is busier;

I'm none of them, so can anyone have some comment on this topic??

such as "a tipical day", "holiday and weekend", "lifestyle", "pressure" etc....

I think it's pretty important for the MBA candidates to build their minds of what to do post-MBA.

看来你现在既不是IB，也不是consulting。这两个工作都很累，关键看你的兴趣在哪里。不要去比较a typical day, holiday and weekend, lifestyle等内容，没有意义，因为都很累，都会involve很多加班。如果你没有特定的偏好，还是看哪个更容易进去吧。

nnm

Personally i prefer Consulting, cause i'm a IT consultant and love getting along with people.

But i know lots of people changed their career goals when/after MBA program, and most of these guys went to IB, about which I have no idea.

So this thread is not asking questions about myself, it's asking for more information for the outsiders, who most of us are.

Cheers

cheeyong

很多人想去IB，关键是商学院里的氛围造成了“最牛的人必须去IB”这么一种怪论，再加上IB钱多。我并不觉得有那么多人的兴趣在IB，至少对于以前没做过IB的人来说，根本谈不上兴趣，因为你只是听说IB如何如何，自己从来没有工作过，哪来的兴趣啊，呵呵。所以，我觉得不少人定位MBA毕业后去IB可以理解。另外，对于career change的问题，我一直觉得只有牛人才能转换成功，普通的MBA学生难度较大。理由很简单，雇主必定喜欢录取原来有相关背景的人，所以如果你没有相关背景，至少也得在应聘的时候表现出同样的优秀程度，这一点就需要你必须是牛人，或者“非常会包装自己”。

nnm

Yeah, people are chasing money, speaking from the deep heart.

Regarding the career-change, I have different op. IB is not really financial/banking stuff, it's more about "business".

As far as i know, there are lots of people switch their job to IB when graduate from top MBAs. They are from various fields like accounting/marketing/tech/general-management

BTW, anyone can have some comment on Consulting?

 

kkgmat

以下是引用cheeyong在2006-7-20 10:18:00的发言：
关键是商学院里的氛围造成了“最牛的人必须去IB”这么一种怪论

The Niuest people are unlikely to go to IB.

cheeyong

以下是引用kkgmat在2006-7-20 15:39:00的发言：

The Niuest people are unlikely to go to IB.

It depends. Some 牛人 will choose private equity or start their own businesses.

uptownmusic

IB differs a lot from consulting so you must know what you really like and want to do.  Private equity needs more experience, it is not something special or mysterious.

nnm

以下是引用uptownmusic在2006-7-21 1:03:00的发言：

IB differs a lot from consulting so you must know what you really like and want to do.  Private equity needs more experience, it is not something special or mysterious.

Yes, you are absolutely right, because i'm asking for this info.

loafer

There is no personal life if you work in IB, especially the first couple of years. It can be better if you work in a consulting company, but not much.