Sunshine4ever

"BTw I worked at Moody's - making a jump to a "desk" is very rare; to an analyst role more prevalent but understand buy side shops havent been hiring in 3.5 years"

by analyst role are you referring to buy-side research or something like PE ratings advisory groups? The reason i'm focusing on SF is because I have an opportunity to do it.. I'm very interested in SF and I wouldn't mind doing it for 2-3 years...but I know I wouldn't want to be there for 10+ years... I want to get a gauge for the potential exit opps before I make any decisions..

sjv -- thanks for the explanation... makes sense... I have a friend who works in DCM... he describes it as IB pay but trading hours... sounds like a damn good deal to me lol