“Don’t tell people you work in IB/PE”

It’s hilarious the main crux of the rational for not telling people is that folks outside of finance “don’t care what you do and don’t understand it”. I totally agree and I think people in the industry are even less impressed it. As someone who’s in banking, really not that impressed if someone tells me they work in investment banking.

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How many times do we have to have this same fucking conversation

 

Why is there a narrative that it’s impossible to say you work in IB without coming off as braggy? You’re just saying what you do with a small touch of detail.

 

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