I was fortunate enough to have signed an investment banking SA, but I have been thinking, and I realized I am never going to be in that top echelon of people within finance based on where I did my undergrad. I went to a state school that you definitely have never heard of before. It really annoys me because I want to be prestigious, but I know the fact that I studied at a nontarget will always hang above my head
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Bottombuckethardo?
I was genuinely not trying to troll on this post. I know it sounds kind of ridiculous but I've heard that your UG follows you years into your career
It may carry over to buy side recruiting but saying “I want to be prestigious” sounds so pretentious
No one will care once you start FT and start producing good work
You weren’t good enough, and you’re going to have to live with that. There will always be people who are better than you.
Try for an M7 MBA
Get an MBA from an elite school if it really matters to you.
Really don't think you're right here. While you won't have the prestige of your school to flash around in professional or social situations, if you can make it to a good firm and grow thereafter, the school aspect fades away. There are several examples of people with non-prestigious backgrounds who have made it to the upper-echelons of finance, as you put it. Be good at your work and be a beast with regards to your people skills and you'll find that you can propel yourself to the heights you seek. Sure it's harder than starting as the Harvard or Yale guy but it's 100% doable.
As a non-target I'm not naïve or oblivious to the challenges one faces with growing into more senior roles in the finance crowd but you'll find that most people worth a damn don't care about where you came from.
If this isn’t a troll, your entire attitude is off:
1) your goal shouldn’t be to be prestigious. If it’s that, you are F’d
2) if you think you’ve lost before the game has even started, then you have.
what a pathetic mindset
MBA at T7 is the only way to regain prestige.
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