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Literally nobody gives a fuck you work in IB other than douchey finance bros; mentioning your job might be the reason women aren't giving you attention lmao

 
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Before I got into IB, I remember seeing 3 young guys in their early 20s also (probably analysts) at Mr Purple in NY staring at their phones sitting by the pool with a bottle wearing vests and deal sleds and not talking to any women (or even anyone). Don't be those guys. Be the guy by the bar with just a regular beer that is there in regular clothes and talks to everyone. I went out alone all the time, and had a good night (sometimes took someone home).

Even if its a group of dudes - 90% of the time, most people will hear you out vs just shut you out. Just say, "hey where you guys all coming from?" This opens up to a variety of answers. Some are visiting from out of town, some are coming back from a sports game, some just left another bar, or some are coworkers. Listen and ask questions.

Women pick up on the energy if you're a friendly and sociable guy that people are talking to, and the bonus is you sort of practice "cold-approaching" strangers in general. 

Women analyze the room and will see you talking to various groups of people - which confirms you as "not weird" in their brain. Soon 1 or 2 lock eyes with you - which is your queue to just walk over and be chill about it. Don't use some corny 1-liner, just literally talk about anything else and only bring up work if someone asks.

If you aren't able to connect with anyone anyone at a bar, just write it off as not a good vibe there and just leave and go to another bar and rinse/repeat. Nobody will remember you unless you have bring up extremely polarizing opinions.

 

I started to realize that these young girls post grad (22-24) dont actually really care that much about your job title, but more of how fun and cool of a guy you r (obviously your physical attraction too) 

 

25W here and can confirm. When I was doing my masters (22-24), I didn’t care if the person I was seeing was a software engineer or a banker. While the work they do added some spice to our conversations, it was wasn’t the driver of keeping the relationship alive.

 

Just match with them on hinge and go on a date with them when you find time (best way to plan). Otherwise just go to a bar and chat up a pretty girl you see. It’s that simple.

(Hint: if you want hot girls when you’re young you have to focus on being a magnetic person, the hot girls can date someone 1000x richer than you if they wanted to, I guarantee. Your 300k totalcomp is not a flex)

 

Lol, I tend to have the opposite experience. For the record, London (UK), fairly attractive guy, AN2 at EB. Most common areas I go for a night out will be around LPOOL street, Soho, and Camden. Assuming the bird isn't a tool, they normally make the assumption straight off that I'm a smart / well-off guy based off my job. Often leads to a lot of questions aswell which can either annoy/entertain you on a drink fueled night. 

Would defo just stick to dating apps though 

 

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