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+4 Major Office Hack - Tetris 5 1y
+1 Good bosses in Finance? 5 1y
0 How much better is it making money in IB than being a broke/sad in undergrad? 10 1y
+58 FatFIRE at 37 years old 47 1y
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+12 How much time do you have on the weekends as a SA?!?! 7 1y
+95 What's your motivation for working in high finance? 33 1y
+15 What Credit Card is the Best!? 20 1y
+10 One of my MD is an asshole 11 1y
+9 Top-tier Structured Finance Group vs. EB Coverage Group? 3 1y
+162 Rothschild = Goldman Sachs of Europe 39 1y
+5 What is the ACTUAL expected all-in comp for analysts? 7 1y
+112 Buying Nice Cars as An Analyst 72 1y
+194 Why does everyone want IB? 60 1y
0 Credit Suisse Intern NYC Meetup 1 1y
+49 Should I stick to ECM or move to M&A 13 1y
+6 Menlo Park/ Palo Alto Housing 2 1y
+17 Has anybody heard anything about the Heritage Foundation in Washington? 2 1y
+44 Unattentiveness at work is getting me into trouble 3 months in 15 1y
+16 BB Tier 2 FT vs. Tier 1 SA vs. CO 5 1y
+3 Canadians moving to NYC for FT in 2022? 10 1y
+8 JPM MMBSI vs. EY FSO 3 1y
+39 exploding offer from THAT place... do i take? 16 1y
+32 The iWatch - Apple's Next Innovation? Or an Overpriced Also-Ran? 17 1y
+6 BofA SA 2022 Attire 1 1y
+3 Cultural nuances across cities 1 1y
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+19 Where to start with apartments 14 1y
+134 My Director hates me - should I quit? 42 1y
+45 How do you afford to live in London? 80 1y
+9 Effective tax rates and Deferred taxes 1 1y
0 SF Full-Time Living Situation 4 1y
+3 Credit Suisse - Private Growth Markets (ex-IBA), opinions? 1 1y
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+3 RBC Toronto Culture 1 1y
+12 Commercial Bankers: Source of M&A Transaction Leaks 0 1y
+12 [URGENT] Internship Choice IB-ECM SocGen / Buy-Side Equity Analyst Lazard 2 1y
+6 Nice WFH setup worth it? 4 1y
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+9 Goldman sachs WTA, need help please! 1 1y
+44 WSO 2022 Investment Banking Work-Conditions Survey (Part 3/3) 4 2y
0 Drake Star Partners LA - Thoughts? 5 2y
+130 MBA necessary in ibanking CAREER? 140 2y
+46 WSO 2022 Investment Banking Work-Conditions Survey (Part 2/3) 7 2y
+3 MiM ESCP or Master in Finance EmLyon for IB in UK, US or Germany?? 1 2y
+18 Barclays Tech? Thoughts? 25 2y
+21 GS IBD (NAT) vs PJT M&A 11 2y
+2 What is the max a first year analyst should spend on rent? 8 2y
0 Dlete 2 2y
+25 What would you do if you weren't in banking? 27 2y
+45 Reflections at Lazard (London) 24 2y
+9 Corporate Finance in Middle Market vs Large Cap 1 2y
+10 Associate Targeting Me 9 2y
+13 Help: tell me wrong if I'm too satisfied with current status 8 2y
+19 Liontree SF or FT Partners - Which is Better? 8 2y
+24 LZR/EVR/PJT/CTW/PWP/ROT 2022 Ranking in London/NY ? 28 2y
+50 I-Banking in Cali 27 2y
+6 BB Analyst 1 NYC - $3475/mo rent? 13 2y
+14 Goldman Sachs Operations Analyst NYC. Salary + prospect 15 2y
0 Insights on hiring process at Rothschild & Co, Moelis and PJT 3 2y
+6 Infra banking vs. RE banking 3 2y
+25 Best banking exit for better hours? Is PE even worth it? 20 2y
+6 Amortization of Purchased Intangible Assets (10-Q & 10-K) 1 2y
+9 Moving to a different group within the same bank after 1 year 1 2y
+33 How does being a summer analyst compare to being a FT analyst? 13 2y
+8 Is banking just made up of people with trash personalities or is it just my group? 11 2y
+3 SocGen vs Arma Partners 5 2y
+6 Condo in Singapore 5 2y
+33 Q&A: non-target, 3.0 GPA to Money Laundering 8 2y
+24 2021 Corporate Banking Comp/Bonus Thread 13 2y
+7 Screentime —> feeling dizzy? 8 2y
+9 UBS Off Cycle Sonru Questions 1 2y
+66 IBD - living with parents vs renting 34 2y
+61 wtf am I doing 22 2y
+18 Dealing with constructive criticism 3 2y
+12 Regarding IB Hours - Any of You Wish You Went Into S&T? 7 2y
+16 Citi GAM Group 4 2y
+4 Capital Markets Bonus BB 9 2y
+8 Team Cultures at GS London 18 2y
+12 How to NOT give a referral to somebody that is being very pushy? 5 2y
+15 What % did you take home from your bonus 1 2y
+10 FT Offer Accepted but not sure what to do 1 2y
+73 CIB Credit Risk J.P. Morgan 87 2y
+15 International Workers/Students - How many of you have not moved on after you went back home 1 2y
0 How much are your bonuses after taxes? 2 2y
+9 From mid-cap to Large-Cap 1 2y
+9 Do you think I can break into a solid MM (top MSF, IB experience) 1 2y
+6 PUI Senior Analyst - General PE 1 2y
+9 Series 7 Tutoring - help! (NYC) 1 2y
+4 Should I splurge on a nice laptop if bank uses virtual desktop for internship? 7 2y
+15 How to Stay Motivated 1 2y
+13 Wealth and IB - critique my thoughts and plan pls 6 2y
+90 Chicago Scene 2019 32 2y
0 Can anyone share rough estimate of what they spent as a first year IB analyst on food/going out total? 2 2y
+9 Outlook For PJT M&A NYC? 9 2y
+15 Moving from extreme poverty to wealth via IB 5 2y
+9 “Later” exit ops into buyside (Aso/VP) 2 2y

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