how to be a "superstar"?

not post these types of questions

Student you sound like a child if i caught you in the showers you would have nightmares/scars for the rest of your life BOY!!!!!!

student"420"

put down the blunt. thats the first step

good one. for a second i thought you were serious

All you need to know about being a superstar is as follows:

Step 1) Steal Underpants Step 2) Step 3) Profit

Who wants to be a superstar? It involves way too much work. You're probably going to cut your life expectancy by 5-10 years and you'll never get laid. Most of your pay is probably going to be in un-vested stock options which will dwindle in value should the bank screw up again and all your efforts will eventually be rendered futile.

lol @ Frieds...classic episode man

Unfortunately, you need to have been born either 30 years ago or 15 years ago. Any "superstars" from here on out will get out of banking as quickly as possible.

So what do you do? -I work for an investment banking firm. Oh okay; you are like my brother, he works for Edward Jones. -No, a college degree is required in my profession

you're in the wrong industry. in this industry, there are very very few people that rise that quickly, and a lot of it honestly comes down to luck.

everybody else has to put in their time. if you have some fantasy of being a senior executive/MD-level by 30, the best advice?

get off the street.

the same attributes that allow you to be a "superstar" in life...

or have big breasts

PnL, thanks. I'm kinda surprised you were the only one with a nice overt chuckle.

Now, to the OP, You know, you could always aspire to be like Mary Katherine Gallagher if you want to be a superstar. She nailed it right on the head.

Truth be told, work your ass off and don't be a major tool and you'll start to get the hang of it. Also, as people said, get off the Street. Unless you're a real hotshot trader (in which those days have ended, in my humble opinion), you wont be an MD until you have put in serious time. There's no quick and easy way out. Being the superstar, or knowing how to make it rain, make it rain on 'dem hoes, isn't where it used to be on Wall Street. Go find a nice F500 company or something, I hear Detroit's hiring. If you can fix them in under 3 years, I'd say that's superstarworthy.

I believe Lupe Fiasco said it best:

If you are what you say you are, A superstar Then have no fear The camera's here and the microphones and they wanna know Oh oh oh oh

for those who say its not possible to rise up like that anymore, what other finance-related industry should I be looking at?

Or should I give up finance altogether?

Im only a freshman in college. You guys dont think in 4 years activity will have picked up significantly where banking and such are relevant industries again?

If you're so certain that you'll be a superstar in whichever industry you enter, why don't you think about the music industry or something like that. I'd rather be the frontman in double platinum rock band than global head of m&a.

Student420, it's easy to be a superstar, just like Michael Phelps. Just do as he did.

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/02/our_thoughts_about_michael_phe.html

this forum is full of people who try so hard to be funny but fail miserably.....

And look at you! You're not even trying but you are hilarious!