Assuming you start training in July and the hit the desk in August or September, at what point do most 1st year analysts become a net positive on mission critical work and can be trusted to pull their own weight?
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Different for everyone but generally I’d say after 6 months you’ve seen mostly everything. After 8-9 months you feel comfortable doing mostly everything and aren’t stressed getting a new staffing.
would say 6 months. maybe 9 months to a year especially for some kids who grew up elsewhere and english is not native
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