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+231 Who Killed Wall Street IB 65 2d
+194 Worlds Worst MDs Competition (2026 Edition) IB 42 5d
+167 As Lehman people reconvene at UBS, Barclays needs to hire (2023) IB 23 5d
+132 Only Indians cold emailing IB 44 4h
+125 Lindsay Clancy - Thoughts from A2 IB 22 2d
+71 The Elite Event Driven Multi-Strat Hedge Funds (Elliott, DK, Farallon) HF 32 10h
+59 UBS Healthcare IB 31 2h
+52 Should I Leave ~$280K Corp Dev for PE? PE 27 11h
+50 Shana tova - happy new year IB 6 4h
+48 NYC Wall Street Run Club IB 13 1m
+43 EB (EVR/CVP/LAZ) vs MBB (Bain/BCG) IB 21 2d
+43 PE partners keep telling me I’ll “get rich” if I’m patient. Am I being naive? PE 12 1d
+42 Girlfriend works in Big 4 Audit - Advice? OFF 13 9h
+41 More diversity needed in the industry IB 11 11h
+39 How much is enough? PE 22 2m
+36 Most technical groups? IB 18 3d
+36 Nadeem OUT At Blackstone - What Now? RE 20 7h
+31 Lindsay Clansey OFF 13 2d
+29 Is there a market for this type of product? RE 4 3d
+28 Is there any issue with going straight into SSits/OpVal/DD investing as opposed to Rx IBD first? HF 8 4d
+27 Life After IB: Off-Track Career Ideas, Questions & Musings JOB 2 8h
+23 Western Investment Bankers Deserve No-Minimum-Wage Nannies, and I Want Mine NOW OFF 9 3d
+23 Anyone Actually Outsourcing Underwriting / Asset Management? RE 4 19h
+22 What can I do with the combination of MBB and RX? CO 2 10h
+21 Meritocratic IB groups / banks IB 15 4d
+21 9/11 After 25 Years OFF 6 49m
+21 Did My Team Set Me Up to Miss VP? IB 12 36m
+21 Feeling a bad pattern forming. I need some help IB 3 1d
+21 The University of Leicester and SOAS: A Tale of Poo and Palestine, and the Low Semi-Targets That Almost Were BSCH 1 2d
+20 SWF/Pension Funds in RE RE 3 6h
+20 13+ Years in Investments — Family Office Portfolio Management, Treasury & Personal Investing AM 1 4d
+19 Reaching out to interviewer who rejected me IB 2 16h
+19 Does this mean I am not cut out for PE? PE 5 1d
+18 Someone tell me the chance of getting the job AM 1 3d
+18 Negotiating salary in investment bank/ global markets CR 1 2d
+18 What is the role of an analyst at your firm? IB 1 7h
+18 Leaving S&T after 4 months? Am I making a mistake? TR 4 1d
+17 USC Marshall Thoughts? IB 15 3d
+17 I Don't Wanna Go To PE Anymore PE 4 3s
+17 evercore isnt opening today OFF 13 2d
+16 Disciplined but sad / feeling burnt out HF 4 17h
+15 Any family office guys on WSO that cut +$10M plus checks? HF 8 1d
+15 This sucks IB 7 4d
+15 Why are UK MD Profiles often rather „weak“ IB 7 1d
+15 Deleted OFF 6 3d
+15 Options for a Highschool splitter that wants to go into high finance OFF 18 6h
+15 Hair Transplant OFF 16 7h
+15 Competition / Bar for Entry & Job Market IB 1 3d
+14 Impostor Syndrome IB 7 5d
+14 Why does this site hate on Big 4 so much? CO 8 21h
+14 Turning down major fund for boutique? PE 4 2h
+14 Best FICC S&T Products (Trading) TR 6 11h
+14 Econ vs Business Major? IB 5 1d
+14 Generalist MFPE tech (KKR / BX) vs >$10B pure play tech (FP / HG) PE 1 2d
+14 Any cold email volume hacks IB 8 18h
+13 2024 graduate navigating graduate eligibility restrictions IB 2 4d
+13 DCM/Lev Fin resume question IB 6 1d
+13 Incoming Analyst Referral Situation IB 2 4d
+13 NYC apartment hunting rant: everyone and their mother and brother are touring OFF 4 2d
+13 UK masters into NYC project finance. Is this stupid? IB 2 2d
+13 How Concise to Keep Networking Emails ER 9 21h
+12 Interesting Biotech / Biopharma Exits from IB? (not PE) IB 2 4d
+12 Contacting a senior who opened a new office in my city? PE 1 3d
+12 How do you guys actually make friends in NYC? OFF 1 21h
+11 Has the IB Analyst to IR Associate pathway dried up? IB 6 2d
+11 HELP - stuck trying to building a royalty company model RE 3 6d
+11 HF Analyst to ECM IB Analyst? HF 11 1d
+11 How is deferred comp invested in hedge funds that use a pod structure? HF 2 2d
+10 need help!! BSCH 4 17h
+10 Incoming RX analyst IB 5 4d
+10 US PE alpha look abysmal in L5Y PE 3 1d
+10 How many people should I coffee chat in each firm to have a good network? IB 2 1d
+10 Sophomore at a target school interested in S&T / commodities — how should I approach recruiting? TR 2 1d
+9 CRE Credit → Capital Markets RE 1 1d
+9 What Makes Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway Development Important for Global Payments? CRYPTO 1 20h
+9 H/S/W MBA profile chances BSCH 1 6d
+9 IB Technical Prep Resources - Thoughts? IB 5 3d
+9 Strategy Consulting Principal to PE in the GCC – Advice? PE 1 5d
+9 Middle Office Investment Banking IB 1 4d
+9 Greatest Financial Opportunities in the GCC over the 10 Years OTH 2 4d
+9 Help: Thoughts on Evergreen Services Group PE 4 3d
+9 Dane Halim: Why Incremental Returns Matter More Than Headline Growth INV 1 4d
+9 Any way to navigate negative informal reference checks? IB 1 6h
+9 De Beers blood diamond concerns: What role did the Kimberley Process play in improving transparency in the diamond supply chain? OTH 0 3d
+9 Retake 695 GMAT FE for LBS MFA / HEC MiF? BSCH 2 22h
+9 History major to FO roles BSCH 1 5h
+9 Private Credit / SBIC Case Study Prep CR 2 1d
+9 Citi Industrials (M&M) LA vs. Goldman Industrials Chicago IB 3 1d
+9 About to graduate with no job JOB 1 2d
+9 Sophomore Summer Internship (BB) IB 4 23h
+9 Startup ops > IB w/o an MBA. Has anyone actually done it? BSCH 1 2d
+9 1st Year Student looking to apply to spring weeks RES 1 7h
+9 How Online Games Are Evolving in 2026 BSCH 0 2d
+9 Turning Down $500k+ VP Offer in Niche Field With No Other Options? CR 1 2d
+9 Advice on EB Recruiting as a Semi-International Student IB 2 1d
+8 CIBC GIB INTERNSHIP INTERVIEW IB 2 33m
+7 Nvda acq. Hugging face IB 8 4d
+7 Guggenheim Bonuses IB 3 34s
+7 What's up with Patrick's slop AI Linkedin posts? OFF 3 1d
+7 SA 28 Timeline IB 5 2d

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