I’m currently in my final year of college with a FT BB (GS/JPM/MS) Markets role following an internship conversion this summer gone.
Final year is not half as demanding as I originally thought it was and I find myself with about 20 hours of free time a week.
What skills do you wish you were brushed up on prior to starting FT? Excel, MS Office, a coding language, greater knowledge on prior transactions etc…
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Don’t go above and beyond. Start decently strong and show you’re competent and hard working, but draw the line by 11pm to midnight on most workdays. Unless you have a pitch the next day or urgent deal deliverables, you can often wait until the next morning to work on whatever you’re doing. This way you get 8 hr of sleep every night and don’t burn out.
Guess you didn't read his post...
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