Recently accepted an offer at a BB in their coverage group. I’m currently at a no name boutique on the west coast. Have read many threads from people who successfully lateraled but felt way behind peers at the new bank for months. How can I decrease my ramp up time and be as efficient as possible as soon as I hit the desk? Would ideally like to get promoted in June. I have 2 weeks before I start.
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Very unlikely that you get promoted in June. I don't think most people realize but unless you lateral with like 3yoe, you are going to be starting over from the very bottom.
Your best bet is just to accept your role as bottom of the totem pole again and execute without errors. Your benefit here is that you already have experience so should be able to anticipate the next step of the process. You should be top bucket but that doesn't mean you get promoted early.
To add onto this, I have seen people lateral at the analyst level to varying banks and have only seen one get promoted to ASO on the normal track. They went from BB to LMM bank in a Tier 3 city.
Most of the time I see people spend 2 years at a bank, lateral then spend another 2 years. I've even seen a guy lateral 3 times, spending 2 years at each... all at the analyst level before getting promoted.
Thanks for the insight.
Is there anything I can do to make sure I’m succeeding with or without the promo? The boutique I’m at does sell side for $50-$250M EV companies that are privately held. Not a lot with public companies.
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I spent 2.5 years in VC as an analyst and just lateraled as AN1 to M&A. Sucks dick but it is what it is.
Pros: you’ll be 1000x better than the socially flawed interns who just made AN1 and can’t make eye contact without having a mental circuit break.
Cons: They’ll hold you to higher standards.
Advice: Show maturity and proactivity. Align with seniors when you plan to start AND finish the task assigned to you. Put in face time. Do the things that matter and delegate the rest to the interns. Check your work 2x, then take a coffee break and check it again. Be mistake free.
Disclaimer: This is one opinion, you don’t have to follow it.
Good luck!
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