Movement from other industries

Career Opportunities & Internships Investment Banking
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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>It is my overall goal to at some point become an investment banker or work in a related field. However, it isn't so much my intention to complete this goal immediately outside of college. I intend on working in another industry, say, petroleum engineering, before the fact.</p>

<p>I have a few questions, however.</p>

<p>What would I do to become viable for the industry? Would I move into an MBA for, say, Finance?</p>

<p>Would there be problems with 10+ years of work experience with a degree from, say, Colorado School of Mines getting into upper tier business schools?</p>

<p>Would I have issues finding a job due to my older age?</p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

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<p>With 10 years of work experience the big issue won’t be your school, it’ll be your age and professional title (meaning you should be more senior by this point and B school won’t make a ton of sense to the admissions teams of top B school). 4-6 years is a good range, but 10 is definitely on the high end and could pose a problem.</p>

<p>Regarding getting a job, assuming you go the 4-6 year route, after an MBA from a good B school, you should be in good shape to break into IB.</p>