<p>Why? please be explicit. THANK!</p>
<p>Goldman.
Cuz theyre so cool
Your welcom!</p>
<p>You really need to be more specific.</p>
<p>The one that offers you a job where you personally will get the best experience, in a work environment that you most prefer.</p>
<p>Depending on your personal goals, back-office at some more prestigious company may not be as good for you, in the long run, as front-office at a more prestigious place. But it really differs even more than that. Even within the same category of job some firms may have people routinely doing higher-level tasks than others. Even within the same company, some employees may work 24-7, some at the same company with the same nominal job title may not.</p>
<p>At the bulge-bracket firms, you will see people hired at the senior level because of experience and client relationships they developed through working at less-prestigious firms. In many cases, if they had entered the workforce with the bulge bracket in the first place they might never have had the opportunity to get that same experience, or develop relationships with those clients. Due to internal competition.</p>
<p>In the end, it's about what you can do. So whatever environment looks like it might help promote your capabilities best would IMO be the best choice.</p>
<p>I'm looking to work at a bulge-bracket firm. Basically, the ones that everyone knows. I'm trying to compare the work cultures and pros and cons of working say at Goldman vs. JP Morgan vs. Deutche vs. CS, etc. Any insider experience? Hope that was more specific.</p>
<p>JP Morgan is good...I heard they don't overwork their analysts and the relationships between the analysts and their senior bankers is pretty good.</p>
<p>I hear that the boutique banks work you less and pay you more, and give you more responsibility. And I heard analysts actually can talk to their MDs, and the MDs actually care about your career. I think they're excellent options and you should definitely look into them...</p>
<p>i have two friends working at boutiques. they still get called in on weekends. they still work till midnight. it's not a walk in the park. the only thing that's definitely true is easier access to higher-ups.</p>
<p>why dont you worry about getting a job offer first</p>
<p>I know...I never said it was a walk in the park.</p>
<p>The way I see it, the BB vs. Boutique comparison is synonymous to the Ivy vs. top LAC comparison. (ie Goldman vs. Lazard is like Harvard vs. Williams)</p>
<p>That's not a bad analogy... although Lazard is in a class by itself in that regard, where those in finance will see it as equally impressive (all else being equal) as Goldman - and I don't think the same is true about Harvard vs Williams.</p>
<p>To the layman Harvard is much more prestigious than Wiliams, I agree, but everyone who knows a good bit about colleges will know that Harvard=Williams.</p>
<p>Sacks of Gold #4 in ranking of firms to begin your career with. Great training and all the stats of retention and such detailed in the charts.</p>
<p>don't know if I can really post this but here it is:
<a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_38/b4001601.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_38/b4001601.htm</a></p>