It seems like everyone on this forum are losers

A fuckton of people here are saying they live in tier sub 3 cities (Charlotte, Houston, etc) and work at MM/boutiques, or are borderline back office (CRE, ECM, etc). Most are from semi to non targets and are in very unprestigious groups. 
 

Where are the former frat kids who got a GS TMT/MS M&A/PJT RSSG seat from their parents connections? Or kids in London who went straight to PE and are now finishing up their MBA from LBS/HSW/INSEAD?

It seems like I'm more successful (and I'm in my early 20s) than most of you clowns who I was originally here to get advice from.

Consensus: WSO is the 4chan/reddit of finance.

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Dear Prospect,


This is foolishness. You can make plenty of money in any of those other cities (millions of dollars, and I don’t imagine you expect people to make more than that). How is CRE back-office? If it’s brokerage, then that’s similar to IB in the sense that you have a buy-side, a sell-side, an asset, and a commission. If it’s REPE, there’s millions to be made there as well. ECM is a revenue generating role. I can make millions doing follow-ons and IPOs, or I can do it with M&A. You betray your own ignorance. “Front-office” doesn’t mean “I no likey.” It means “revenue generating role at a financial firm like a bank or brokerage.” This is not negotiable. This is the definition. Your opinions on how much to esteem these people is irrelevant to their “position in the office.”

Sincerely,

NYC M&A banker

 

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