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"Asian" youre from a place too close to the cold, cruel communist north these nice white people scared youll merc em if shit goes south

heister: Look at all these wannabe richies hating on an expensive salad. https://arthuxtable.com/
 

How many jobs applied to, how many interviews?

When did you start applying - did you apply late?

What happened with the IB internship to hire you full time?

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

If your dad doesn't know anybody, you're screwed. If you have any heavyweight executive relatives in Chaebols that know big boys in the business world, sending your relatives a request to forward something might be ideal. This is assuming your relatvies in a chaebol are high up to the point where they know people that matter in American business.

The question is - is anyone in your family network a somebody in a chaebol.

Finance is sh!t tough for minorities to penetrate, actually forget minorities, for anybody that's really not a somebody. You realize how important networking is when you want to enter the finance industry in america haha.

Good luck, be strong. I was in your stage. Is your name ethic by the way ? Are you donggyu kim ? or are you Daniel Kim ? There is a heavy negative bias against ethnic names. You could even look freaking white - it wouldn't help. Anglo-Saxon names are trusted more.

Life would just be so easy if everybody that wanted to enter the finance industry had a Fortune 500 company CEO as a father or a relative that's Chairman of a F500 starts sobbing

D.I.
 
"oligarch" If your dad doesn't know anybody, you're screwed.

Give me a break. The guy has a good background. Most of people that get into finance have backgrounds like he does.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
"unemployedguy" Thanks everybody for the feedback. I'll keep this in mind as I continue my search. I've been networking a lot more than I used to, and it has definitely helped. Also, I understand that minorities are highly underrepresented in front office roles, but hopefully I come across interviewers who can see past that. Even though it may not work out, at least I can say I tried. Again, thanks everybody. I appreciate you all taking the time to comment.

There is something off in your equation for the job search with those stats. I'm not sure what it is because it seems we are lacking information, but good luck.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Also, you can't consider MBA programs without work experience, but you could possibly seek out a good MSF program (like Princeton or MIT).

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

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