ER Job Accepted, Thanks WSO!

I just wanted to post a thank you to all for how much I've learned just from reading this site. Today, I accepted a job offer with an independent equity research shop covering companies that I'm truly interested in.

Just a little bit of background: After entering college as a film major, I really became interested in finance during my junior year. I graduated and went from a non-target UG to a non-target MBA. The school I chose was a CFA Partner school, and I went for that purpose. I told Career Services early that I wanted to break in to an ER shop, and was met with a willingness to help, but also faced with the realization of how tough the road would be. Found a really solid internship last summer through a cover letter sent to a reputed independent shop, and realized that I knew ER was where I wanted to be for sure. The process was hard again this year in finding a full time gig, but I'm thrilled to have finally broken in.

This website is awesome, and single-handedly helped me grow my technical skills, thought process, etc. Thanks to all the contributors, and a special thanks to the good old BIWS ad at the bottom, which I used and helped me tremendously.

 

Congrats, phenomenal determination setting your sights on something you wanted and sticking with it through that many years of school. What industry/companies are you covering?

I am permanently behind on PMs, it's not personal.
 

Definitely would appreciate any insight into the ER world, congratulations man, I'm really jealous right now!

"You stop being an asshole when it sucks to be you." -IlliniProgrammer "Your grammar made me wish I'd been aborted." -happypantsmcgee
 

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