has anyone ever broken free from their non-target mentality or are you non target for life?
even if you go on to have the best jobs in the top funds, and even start your own fund. if your non target are you non target for life?
Do you think having a non target mentality could actually help you succeed more?
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No if you’re a non-target you just have to be depressed and ashamed of your undergrad for the entire career.
wtf is this post lmao
I agree this isn’t too thoughtful of a post, but I’ll infer that they’re trying to explain how there’s a certain chip on your shoulder coming from a non target. It’s definitely real and I channel it as motivation to prove to myself that I belong in the industry.
Motivates me even more since I learned the consequences of slacking off in high school
heres the thing, I didn't slack off in highschool. I just got very unlucky with admissions
Keep telling urself that
You’ll be fine bro just break into IB/ER then you can get into any fund if you’re good.
Every morning for me is like being Ethan Hawke’s character in Gattaca. Really tough to overcome my non-target schooling.
Gold!!!
Non target for life. I went to a no name school, but did 2+2+2 at GS/MS -> MF PE -> SM HF. Still feel like a non target lol
Holy shit this guy is like non-target jesus
Funny thing is I went through a very pedigreed path but didn’t get to the top rung which still bothers me a little bit. It’s crazy how your mentality changes as when I was in college, all I wanted was a IB job much less at a top firm. What I mean by not getting to the absolute top is I didn’t get into the top groups at MS / GS (TMT, M&A), went to a middle of the pack MF vs. APO/BX/KKR and did not land the Lone Pine / Pershing Square. The point is that there is always someone else that may have gone through a more “prestigious” path and constantly comparing yourself isn’t worth it. Just remember where you came from and don’t let circumstances continue to lift your expectations. It’s just not a great way to live
You are not your degree.
You are your degree
Pro tip, always tell people you go to a non-target your just so sigma cause you made despite the odds bro.
I'm sure that you will continue to ascend the rungs of society even though you couldn't get into some target schools like UVA with like a 25 percent acceptance rate!
Yea but wouldn't you want to hire people from ONLY Harvard and MIT, because you don't want anyone unlucky on your company
No idea but what you're getting at but I just to point something out.
Do not apply a "non-target mentality" to trading. That kind of aggression can get you off your ass andinto top seats but will lead to P&L disaster. I've had it happen to myself and have seen others do it too.
This is cringe as fuck. No one gives a shit if you’re non-target. Literally all but the most silver-spooned kids were “non-target” at some point. Either by going to a mediocre HS but still making it to an ivy, or by being a MM analyst that makes it to MFPE, or by having a low GPA but making up for it, or by being a late starter to IB that’s older than their associates.
no one fucking cares. What they do care about is the massive chip on your shoulder that you have in response to imaginary slights
Hey man you don't get it.
He's the first person EVER from a non target to want to do IB, he's the main character. Theres an imaginary audience coming to get him, you Fucking NPC.
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