Am I completely screwed?

Alien — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:46:51 -0400

I just finished my first year of business school (Columbia) and I am the most frustrated person on Earth.

My one and only career goal was to get into IB. Unortunately, I didn't get an internship at BB: partially my own fault, partially the school's, partially the shitty year. Instead I had to settle for an unpaid internship in a boutique bank in NYC, and there's no full-time program, so I am just there for the summer. The question is where can I possible go from there??

Based on my conversations with the people from BB, it appears that they are not likely to hire people who were not in their summer class. They didn't hire much of those last year, and they certainly won't hire this fall because they are cutting back. In fact, they told me that it is going to be really hard for the summer interns to get their full time offers.

IB training/boot camps/valuation workshops etc

Alien — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:39:07 -0400

Hi everybody,

Industry Group vs Product Group

Alien — Thu, 10 May 2007 15:51:05 -0400

Hi guys,
what are the pros and cons of joining an industry group as opposed to a product group right out of business school? How do the roles of generalists and specialist differ?
I have an area of paticular interest and ideally I would like to join that group and I can see myself moving to that industry one day. However, some people believe that it's not a good idea to specialize early so.. st