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Dude whatever just get on with your day
Rich coming from a corporate [and investment] banking Intern
bc they literally work in the "corporate & investment banking" division of the bank, dummy.
Damn really struck a nerve with the corporate [and investment] bankers
When you flame out of IB don't apply to CB.
Why do people say they’re in Sales AND Trading? You’re either in one or the other. Oh wait…
Why do people say they work in Mergers AND Acquisitions? It's one or the other.
Wake up on the wrong side of the bed?
Nah Corporate & Investment Banker just screams insecurity imo like genuinely technicality maxxing so hard to larp you're in IB. People who do this corny shit know what they're doing lmao.
Brother I am in CB… this is so true. Always the same insecure people just trying to graft an extra modicum of prestige onto their profile. You sell RCFs and treasury solutions and occasionally support the DCM team with small bits and pieces… everyone knows what corporate banking is just say it with your chest!
Dude people are hella pressed about this
Think about it this way. These groups are named Corporate and Investment Banking. CIB Analyst is your stated title. It’s on the offer letter.
So, on your resume and LinkedIn, do you put the title of the position listed on your offer? Or do you go out of your way to change your position title, all because you think you have to satisfy the wits of an investment banker with a superiority complex?
You're the one feeding into the superiority complex by trying to grasp a molecule of arbitrary prestige of putting "& investment banking" on your resume. If it was common practice both CB and IB would be doing this but its like 10% of CBs and some S&T guys who do this
Man sybau
You’re a dork buddy
Who cares bro. As an ASS 1 in a BB IB group, IB has much less prestige than you think anyway, although you will be amongst the highest paid (if not the highest) in your friend group/social circle.
This is not T1000 priorities its just something I noticed cuz I had an interview way back in the day who put that down for 2 firms and was a CB for the current and in S&T for the prior and I couldn't rlly look at the dude without thinking he's probably insecure asf I don't wanna work with them.
If you went to some shitty school sure. At the Ivy League and other target schools, these quant and MLE kids are graduating with $300k+ offers. Not just one or two per school either. Know multiple people in my senior class—normal kids, not quiet nerds—with offers for $500k+ in quant. $300k+ in ML/AI. IB isn’t what it used to be, and it’s no longer the top choice for smart kids looking to make a lot of money.
I agree w you about prestige, but am just saying this to push back on the among-highest-paid-in-friend group idea. Seems like IB comp is actually at most the “normal earnings” amongst grads who are entering industry right after college. Obviously much higher than the median American and we’re all incredibly lucky
What kind of losers are thinking about this 😂😂
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