What does it take to be a rainmaker?

I'm only a sophomore in college, but I'm curious to know what it takes to be a rainmaker. For those of you that have worked alongside rainmakers, what made them special? And if I wanted to set myself up to be one, what can I start doing now and what skills should I start developing?

 

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To me he sounds incredibly calm and really knowledgeable about what he talks about while being able to avoid “uuh ohh ahh” in the speech.

I’d rather do business with a person of this type rather than a someone that acts as a clown.

IMO he has all the abilities to be a good rainmaker (and he is)

 
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Honestly, how can anyone be inspired by a literal reptilian who behaves like Agent Smith?

donovan

- his facial expression when he says "I'll spend a little bit of time explaining why it's exciting"

 
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I'm in consulting not banking but we have a partner who brings in c.4/5 times our partners targets each year so I would class him as a "rainmaker" a few things i've noticed with him

They make you feel comfortable. Even when I was a first year analyst he made me feel like a peer not an employee. Internally this helps with making sure people perform for you...

The work product is genuinely outstanding, we displaced a large firm (ACN/B4) and got done in 2 months what they couldn't in 7 months. The boards jaws literally dropped when the results came in

Constant working. There is a feeling on this board that when you become MD life is 9-6ish that is 100% not true noone in my firm works harder than the partners and the rainmakers work much harder, this guy has moved his family across 3 continents to service specific clients and is never not working. it's impressive but also a little sad

 

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