How not to do it ..... but it works

This is how I made it .......

High school dropout - waited until I was 21 to attend University University Business results excellent - straight to Big 4 audit 2 years in audit and moved into Big 4 corporate finance 1 year later back to University to take MBA Back out to BB Corporate Banking team - 100k plus base Now moving into Boutique M&A team where we all want to work :-)

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