Ask a preftigious HF principal anything
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on 1/13/13 at 10:21am
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Always wanted to do one of these.
My background
- Graduated summa from one of HYPSW
- Spent 2 years in a very preftigious group at GS/MS/BX
- Moved to my current fund sometime between 2005 and 2008
- Been at the fund since
Fund is well known and mentioned in all your "top HF / which HF would you work at" type threads.
Ask away.






What caliber of internships
What caliber of internships did you have during your undergrad that lead to the prestigious group?
Have you considered leaving
Have you considered leaving the world of finance throughout your career?
sandsurfngbomber: What
What caliber of internships did you have during your undergrad that lead to the prestigious group?
Interned in the same group my junior year.
Have you considered leaving the world of finance throughout your career?
No, although I did worry about getting a pinkslip during a particular tough period of the crisis
Do you like your job? I'm
Do you like your job? I'm asking you this because in any other situation it wouldn't be acceptable
I help people with the tough situation of not knowing how to respond to emails.
What do you enjoy most/least
What do you enjoy most/least about your current position/workplace?
If you could've done something differently earlier on in your career, what would it be?
What strategy are you in?
What strategy are you in? How did you successfully make the transition from analyst to portfolio manager? Much appreciated.
What is the educational
What is the educational attainment and economic status of your parents?
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Why don't you have a WSO
Why don't you have a WSO star?
How has your success been with the ladies?
Lol
Lol
I hate victims who respect their executioners
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how quickly would you get
how quickly would you get fired if your fund found out about your wonderful online persona
Just wanted to note that this
Just wanted to note that this has the potential for an absolutely epic thread.
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hahaha, this thread is funny.
hahaha, this thread is funny. please maneuver tactfully, so they can put your thread on the front page.
The four users above me are funnier. Ask about the parents' background? killed it.
"Graduated summa from one of HYPSW"
100% sure you graduated from either S or W, otherwise you would have just said HYP
I'm feeling like a star, you can't stop my shine---Ridin' Solo
kyleyboy: Do you like your
Do you like your job? I'm asking you this because in any other situation it wouldn't be acceptable
Love it. What wouldn't be acceptable?
What do you enjoy most/least about your current position/workplace?
If you could've done something differently earlier on in your career, what would it be?
Enjoy most - free mandate to pursue value opportunities anywhere in the world
Enjoy least - pressure on results ...
What strategy are you in? How did you successfully make the transition from analyst to portfolio manager? Much appreciated.
Multi-strategy but value focused
Wouldn't call myself a PM in the traditional sense (i.e. XX AUM allocated to me personally which I then invest where I chose). Most value shops (ex. SAC R.I.P) do not operate that way. Rather, they'd have one or two big dogs at the top with several underlyings (principals/senior analysts) who manage the associates/investment analysts and push the best ideas up
How do you hedge your dates
How do you hedge your dates flaking? What's your therapists name? Where in Connecticut do you live?
SirTradesaLot: What is the
What is the educational attainment and economic status of your parents?
Parents aren't preftigious at all. Earned multiples of their annual take home during my first analyst year.
Why don't you have a WSO star?
How has your success been with the ladies?
Coz getting a star requires giving away my identity
Very successful (much more so than in college)
midtowngal: "Graduated summa
karypto: How do you hedge
Have you heard of Lumina
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." --Abraham Lincoln
whatwhatwhat: how quickly
OkComputer: Have you heard of
How tough to lateral from S&T
Who taught you how to spell
Work hard, play hard.
why do you continue to
why do you continue to
NewGuy: midtowngal: "Gradua
I'm feeling like a star, you can't stop my shine---Ridin' Solo
Then who are you trying to
Work hard, play hard.
midtowngal: NewGuy: midto
How tall are you?
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JamesHetfield: Are you Asian?
Do you frequent xoxo? I'm
I always use HYPMSCW. I am
Work hard, play hard.
IlliniProgrammer: I am going
Nouveau
Work hard, play hard.
BlackHat: Lol BlackHat is
EtherBinge: BlackHat: Lol
I hate victims who respect their executioners
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dest149: How tough to lateral
Newspeak: Do you frequent
BlackHat: EtherBinge: Bla
Since your identity is well
f4tality: Since your identity
if i were to go to GS / MS /
Congratulations on the
The HBS guys have MAD SWAGGER. They frequently wear their class jackets to boston bars, strutting and acting like they own the joint. They just ooze success, confidence, swagger, basically attributes of alpha males.
Oreos: if i were to go to GS
What's your top 15 most
NewGuy: Your MOM is more than
Ok, so OP was raised by Pumas
Work hard, play hard.
JamesHetfield: midtowngal:
I'm feeling like a star, you can't stop my shine---Ridin' Solo
NewGuy: f4tality: Since
design: JamesHetfield: Are
I'm feeling like a star, you can't stop my shine---Ridin' Solo
IlliniProgrammer: Ok, so OP
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