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Get good by doing. Mentor not needed.

Keep up with the news, read notes if you have access to them, practice modeling, learn the boring stuff like FactSet, pay attention in classes if you are a student, join investing clubs, etc. I’m sure you can think of something…

Look up Stacy Rasgon on twitter and look through some of his threads on being an associate and what SS research is about.

 

Hard disagree. You can do a lot of running in place if you’re totally unguided. 
 

No small part of the job is distilling a stock down to its 1 - 3 key drivers and forming a differentiated view on each. Debating / exchanging with investors is one of the more comprehensive ways to do so, and the best way to have a window into those exchanges is through a mentor. 

 

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