I found this hilarious in the "tragedy is when I cut my finger, comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die" kind of way, but it is pretty douchey not to at least offer some platitudes or kind words or something.

There have been many great comebacks throughout history. Jesus was dead but then came back as an all-powerful God-Zombie.
 

Agreed, biggest douches tend to be alums in higher up places (if you've come from a target.) They seem to get a kick off of the superiority they hold over you being everything you are except better and wealthier. It's much better just to cold call or cold email MD's who have no relation to you as they might be in a helping mood and say "maybe I'll take a look at this kid." All other alums, but once they hit a certain level of succes, they become extreme douches towards their fellow alums.

 
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rebelcross:
Agreed, biggest douches tend to be alums in higher up places (if you've come from a target.) They seem to get a kick off of the superiority they hold over you being everything you are except better and wealthier. It's much better just to cold call or cold email MD's who have no relation to you as they might be in a helping mood and say "maybe I'll take a look at this kid." All other alums, but once they hit a certain level of succes, they become extreme douches towards their fellow alums.

I don't go to a target, but I've had quite the opposite experience. The MDs or lower level guys from no-name boutiques or MMs tend to be the assholes who don't let you forget how brilliant they think they are. I had one guy who worked at a no name boutique in a shitty midwestern town tell me that ibanking is on the same level as MLB or NFL, and that my 3.3 GPA was too low to cut it. Go fuck yourself dude. You're not on the same level as a pro athlete.....you're with a no name boutique in the shittiest city this side of Detroit.

On the other hand, the alumni like the guy I met who was an MD and partner at Goldman was down to earth and really cool. In addition, he had a much less prestigious academic background (the asshole alumnus had a JD from a top law school, a Harvard MBA, graduated undergrad Magna Cum Laude and knew multiple languages).

Just goes to show you how far people skills (or lack there of) will take you.

 
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rebelcross:
Agreed, biggest douches tend to be alums in higher up places (if you've come from a target.) They seem to get a kick off of the superiority they hold over you being everything you are except better and wealthier. It's much better just to cold call or cold email MD's who have no relation to you as they might be in a helping mood and say "maybe I'll take a look at this kid." All other alums, but once they hit a certain level of succes, they become extreme douches towards their fellow alums.

I don't go to a target, but I've had quite the opposite experience. The MDs or lower level guys from no-name boutiques or MMs tend to be the assholes who don't let you forget how brilliant they think they are. I had one guy who worked at a no name boutique in a shitty midwestern town tell me that ibanking is on the same level as MLB or NFL, and that my 3.3 GPA was too low to cut it. Go fuck yourself dude. You're not on the same level as a pro athlete.....you're with a no name boutique in the shittiest city this side of Detroit.

On the other hand, the alumni like the guy I met who was an MD and partner at Goldman was down to earth and really cool. In addition, he had a much less prestigious academic background (the asshole alumnus had a JD from a top law school, a Harvard MBA, graduated undergrad Magna Cum Laude and knew multiple languages).

Just goes to show you how far people skills (or lack there of) will take you.

Wow! I don't know if it's a difference between targets and nontargets or just our unique experiences in dealing with alums. Funny how it's the exact opposite. I will say that the first guy you mentioned sounds like easily the biggest douche on this continent. You should have told him off or something, he's not worth it. I can't say I've had experience with that level of doucheness from any alums.

 
NjNets123:
does it really matter how i spelled it ? I was just finishing..I didnt think a forum would criticize my spelling/abbreviations...damn

I wasn't about you; I just wanted to be right.

 
NjNets123:
does it really matter how i spelled it ? I was just finishing..I didnt think a forum would criticize my spelling/abbreviations...damn

no it doesn't matter how you spell things. people just make a comment if they 1) have nothing better to say to crit your question/argument 2) are bored (ie, who spells Rothschild wrong twice in the same post: rotechild and rotschild? lol this isnt hit and miss)

so ignore that shit

just don't do this shit elsewhere. i personally know someone wrote to Ernst and addressed cover letter KPMG. proof-read winner.

 

Eh, too big a chance that he will pass the email around to his friends who could be highly placed somewhere you want to get a job.

And come on man, you've gotten one of these out of how many sent out? We all know there are some douchebags working in finance, you don't have to give a shit about them, just keep truckin.

"You stop being an asshole when it sucks to be you." -IlliniProgrammer "Your grammar made me wish I'd been aborted." -happypantsmcgee
 
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Eh, too big a chance that he will pass the email around to his friends who could be highly placed somewhere you want to get a job.

And come on man, you've gotten one of these out of how many sent out? We all know there are some douchebags working in finance, you don't have to give a shit about them, just keep truckin.

^ agreed. The time spent on this post could have been used for more emails. GET TO IT!!!!!!
Get busy living
 

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