Finance in Beantown

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Finance in Beantown

Alright, I know we exist. Just a group for all the Boston-area individuals currently working or hope to work in the financial services (and related) industries. Feel free to share details about meetups, opportunities, or simply complain about how shitty the Green Line can get during rush hour.

Manager: chicandtoughness
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"Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself." Currently: quantitative marketing/business development Previously: management consulting, investment banking

Currently in texas

Terancejones7

(Chimp, 2

Points)

on 4/30/13 at 8:31pm

There's a lot happening in the finance world thinking bout moving lol

what type of finance are you involved in?

rochon.8

(Monkey, 47

Points)

on 8/23/12 at 11:39am

Interested to hear what everyone's up to in boston aside from slamming $8 brews at fenway. I'm in corp dev just out side the city doing m&a.

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