@prospects stop ranking firms when you literally have no offers lined up
Title says all. Prestige means nothing. Yea sure better exit opps, bigger and badder deals, whatever.
But 99% of people you know would not and could not give a fuck which bank you work for, if they even knew what investment banking was. Prospects and interns doing prestige rankings is like entering a dick measuring where everyone is using their thumbs
Wow, so profound AN1 @ WF/RJ
Thnx for feedback incoming analyst. But tbh my bank is "worse" than WF/RJ but could not care less. I didn't look for "prestige" for recruitment but instead culture and as good of a WLB you can get in IB without sacrificing comp.
Know that falls deaf on most people on this site but there's a handful of good threads on why joining such a bank can actually be a pretty solid gig depending on how you value your sanity vs being a competitive MF candidate.
Regardless, enjoy your last year in college, and welcome to the rat race regardless of which bank you join haha
Ayyyye LMM / WLB gang all day!
lol, at least he doesn't strike people as having spent most of high school being stuffed in lockers based on a single post.
although all the prestige rankings on WSO are completely ridiculous, sometimes they're just funny to read, especially when written by a college junior.
My fave is when a Certified user that is also a Director / Managing Director drops actual facts in one of such threads, and then a bunch of Prospects and/or Interns shit on him and tell him he's wrong and doesn't know shit about shit because his input doesn't align with what they've read from other undergrads on WSO.
The irony gives me a cackle everytime.
Ranking stuff is just fun and stupid. Let the boys play
actually quite entertaining to read with some popcorn
Same energy as high school seniors devoting 2 hours to discussing Yale vs Princeton just to end up at the local state school
this rlly put things into perspective - now i know why college juniors ranking firms is so extremely stupid: it's the same as high school kids ranking colleges and what they think they know of different colleges and what to expect
Its the same shit as those losers who rank frats at colleges. Just lame
Holy shit I completely forgot about Greek rank or whatever that site was called. What a cesspool lmao
Definitely agree that prestige rankings are largely pointless and misguided, but it's also pretty much human nature to chase prestige and rank shit--it's kind of the way we've been hardwired to think
Since the beginning of time, guys had to compete in order to mate, and of course, they were always chasing the most desirable chicks--back then guys had to duke it out in fights
Now, there's competition among chicks and guys to distinguish themselves as somehow superior to others. And since we evolved, power is no longer determined by physical strength, but rather, it's money and social status that bring power. So now, for better or worse, we compete to distinguish ourselves in terms of jobs, clothes, watches, bags, houses...etc
So yes, it's unproductive and dumb to spend a ton of time ranking shit, but at the same time, it's sortta logical as well
Idk why you keep using the word "we". People that are confidence and secure with themselves most definitely do not constantly compare theirselves to others in terms of social status, wealth, company name, etc.
Not saying that I have my shit figured out because I most definitely do not. But at least I figured out that it does no good to compare yourself to others because there will always be some one a little richer, taller, and/or better looking than you.
Work hard and strive to be better, but never so you can impress people-because the people who truly care about you won't shit about where you work or how much money you make
It’s p natural to try to distinguish oneself
If you work out—it’s most likely bc you want a physique that’s better than others
different ppl just prioritize different ways of distinguishing themselves
WTF did i just read? U into Andrew Tate/ Jordan Peterson/ red-pill/ Matt Vena shit? Get a therapist bro
Nope that’s just basic psychology/marketing
…and get a real job while ur at it
I enjoy reading it on my way to work at a lesser prestige firm (according to WSO) knowing that most who are in more prestigious firms could care less about talking shit about other banks on an online forum
It’s same as in tech. Interns in diapers be discussing “tier 1 vs tier 2” companies and how anything less than a 200k new grad offer is “trash tier”. Well look at these guys now.
Most can’t land a single offer now with all these hiring freezes. They are forced to take the “only” 80k offer at some no-name company.
Sweet, sweet karma
"look at these guys now" are you referring to the engineers that got laid off that are now drowning in recruiter emails and interview requests?
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