Been fortunate to network and get advice with a ton of bankers and was just curious what compels people to agree to a 30+ minute call with someone they don’t know. Is it mainly a pay it back kind of thing?
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Bored. Want to get away from desk. Want to give back.
Its a couple things:
1. Paying it forward, most of us were there at some point
2. Similar to #1, loyalty to your alma mater or people coming from your background / hometown
3. A senior banker told you to and refusing on this is not a battle worth fighting (I'm mostly here now)
Dude. - what’s ur schedule looking like in the coming weeks. Love to hop on a quick one
Yeah I’d love to boost his ego too
Same answer as the others:
I enjoy taking the calls. I try to give kids from my non-target good advice so they’re not working from misinformation from their friends or random websites. We have a very small but tight group of alumni so I feel a duty to help out if the outreach was reasonable. It’s a chance to offer advice I wish I had a few years back that would have made my life easier. Also, selfishly, some of them go work at solid places so doesn’t hurt to know a lot of people.
second this
You have a duty to
Similar reasons to below.
Mainly because very few people helped me when I was trying to make the career switch (including on this forum I'm sad to say).
I just dont waste my time with people who make no effort. Like they just random linkedin connect or don't bother to do some research or have interesting questions.
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