| Topic Name: |
Additional Education & Options |
| Message Name: |
Looking for a change |
| Date Posted: |
09/01/2002 |
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First of all, from someone with an MBA in MIS (and ERP consulting experience) who has coincidentally worked for an M&A firm (writing technology industry research and modeling comps during the Gold Rush), your logic is off. If you think you have a competitive advantage because of your tech experience, that is not the case now because no one is doing tech M&A. (Note: I'd still have my job if the tech economy didn't bust.)
Mostly, they are looking for young guys with finance skills and experience, preferably from a top school.
I've also thought about improving my finance skills/education and combining the IT experience. However, I believe this background is better suited for the corporate world and not investment banking. Unless, of course, technology booms, again, which probably won't happen for a long time.
Sorry if I appear negative, but it's a tough environment right now. |
| Message: |
Thank you for the feedback. Perhaps corporate finance is as good as it gets now. I still believe that finance knowledge will be valuable as I move forward either by returning to IT in a business analyst role or by going into a finance role. I have been speaking with a company that is putting together an internal group to analyze M&A from an IT standpoint. Hopefully, a MSF will be valuable there.
Thanks, and good luck to you.
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