<p>Hi guys, as my title asks which one would be better for my senior year job search for either an IB, consulting, or asset managmement job?</p>
<p>Either</p>
<p>1) An internship at a boutique tech I-bank in San Francisco, which pays about $1000 a month. </p>
<p>or</p>
<p>2) A research internship at a fixed income Sales/trading/research firm (not IB) in NYC - unpaid but with a possible trip to China later in the internship. This job would require me to call up companies in China/Taiwan.</p>
<p>Which one would you take?</p>
<p>Pay shouldn't be a concern when dealing with summer internships (or even entry-level jobs, for that matter). What you should be concerned about is the firm's reputation, the group's reputation, the responsibilities you'll be given, and opportunity for advancement. </p>
<p>In both cases, the only thing we know about is the salary. So any advice anyone will give you will be essentially useless.</p>
<p>well job two sounds like just cold calling, so I'd go for the first one</p>
<p>Pay should be very important, because the important firms do pay, if they dont pay they arent as well established. Also if you dont have a lot of money then pay should be important, banking is based on money and people only go into it for the money, to say its irrelavant makes no sense.</p>
<p>You don't know what you're talking about if you think that pay at an entry-level position is important. You'll only be working that entry-level position for two or three years. What's important is the pay and opportunities for the 30 years you'll be working afterwards.</p>
<p>To reiterate to the OP: the only thing we know about the jobs is how much they pay. From that information alone, nobody can give you good advice.</p>