+95 Your thoughts on marriage/serious relationships: opposites attract vs. birds of a feather 59 6y
0 F100 Innovation - anybody here? 0 12y
0 Proxy Advisory 0 12y
+28 Advice: Becoming a Big 4 Partner/Sr. Partner 9 6y
0 Düsseldorf 1 6y
0 A Big 4 audit vs tax thread, with a (hopefully) unique twist 19 12y
+12 Tech sales 0 6y
+18 9-5 exit options 9 12y
0 Deleted - the other road 8 12y
+22 Weird path (HR) 6 12y
+22 App Idea but no Computer Science/Programming background/knowledge 23 8y
0 Big 4 Tax Questions 4 12y
0 Commercial Dept in an E&P firm 1 12y
+4 Unrelated 2 12y
+29 Why should I leave Community (Commercial) Banking? 9 1y
+12 How to get into Asia? 2 6y
+19 State Street Corporation - Thoughts, opinions, suggestions, etc. 7 6y
0 Tech Scene 6 12y
0 Leaving Big 4 for Insurance Finance Rotation 0 12y
0 Summer Housing Late 1 12y
+6 Hypothetical situation: A girl your dating says she wants a man to teach her how to be a womanA)How do you take(interpret) this 9 12y
0 FT offer decision: Big 4 Audit vs. Internal Audit at Major PE shop 4 11y
+30 Entrepreneurship bubble or am I just a sceptic? 11 6y
0 Breaking in from Law 7 12y
+11 Thinking about transferring to McComb Business School *Need Advice/Answers* 3 6y
0 Has anyone here used Calypso Software? 1 12y
0 Why Operations/Compliance/Middle Office? Interview Question 3 9y
+34 Do people really go into medicine to help people or for the steady and high income? 25 6y
0 Two Opportunities - Need Advice 7 10y
0 Blue Mountain Capital Ops vs Financial Research Associates 2 12y
0 Treasury Services Advisory 0 8y
+23 Any jobs in finance for the antisocial person? 19 12y
+25 Credit Analyst as first job 19 12y
0 Jobs in Vegas? 1 12y
0 Which credit analyst position do I take? 5 12y
+5 Anybody here a member on Millionaire Fastlane? 9 6y
+45 6 Lessons Learned After Leaving Finance For Entrepreneurship 9 6y
0 Financial Analyst @ F50 or BO (Operations) at BB? 9 6y
0 Morgan Stanley Summer Analyst Interview 1 12y
+16 CAMELS Analysis 7 12y
0 Big 4 Professional League Front Office 0 12y
0 Standing out in Big 4 Audit? 4 12y
0 You start a company in a developing economy...and fail 5 12y
0 Big 4 vs. financial services regulator 5 6y
+7 Careers in Trust 5 12y
+12 Drinking - it's 5am somewhere... 2 6y
+6 Ernst & Young IT Risk Assurance - Travel? 3 8y
+27 Private Banking - Goldman vs. Credit Suisse vs. JPMorgan 13 11y
0 National Energy Advisor 0 12y
0 Anyone heard back from JPM or Citi? 1 12y
+37 Dental School to Something Else 35 11y
0 Business Development at Big 4 2 12y
0 Largest Industries in the world? 10 12y
0 Alpha Male Moves 1 12y
0 Moving From Big 4 to a Marketing Role 3 6y
+40 Thoughts on Becoming a Top Perfomer 30 11y
0 Fortune 50 Tech Company FDLP vs. Corporate Banking 5 6y
0 redacted post 19 12y
0 How much money would you give up? 18 6y
0 BBA to Masters of Engineering.. Is this possible? 7 4y
+5 Congrats to the Florida State Seminoles 3 6y
+18 Value added activities in infrastructure investment? 6 9y
0 Big 4 --> setting up on your own! 7 12y
0 Buy side after a break? 0 12y
+18 2 Offers- HELP 6 6y
0 Trading vs. Entrepreneurship 4 12y
+20 29-year old McK becoming Finance Minister in Serbia 12 6y
0 What's next after Wall St? 11 6y
0 Big 4....How Much Does Location Matter 63 6y
0 ISDA-Derivative Negotiator 0 12y
0 Undergrad University Transfer: URGENT 7 6y
+21 Career progression- compliance? 5 12y
0 Deloitte CRG vs. Deloitte Corp Finance (Distressed M&A) 3 12y
+61 I am a government contractor in DC - ask me anything 34 3y
0 Who Wants to Buy jdOasis.com? 30 6y
+12 Big 4 Transfer Pricing vs Venture for America vs Deloitte S&O 3 8y
0 MO/BO outside of major city? 0 6y
+31 Where is the Love? 16 6y
0 Looking to transition from ER to Ecommerce 2 6y
0 AT&T Business Sales Leadership Development Program 1 10y
0 Retail investors and their success? 19 12y
0 Michael Page starting salary (NYC) 8 6y
0 legality of American investors in foreign sports betting entity 1 12y
+54 Commercial Bank Credit Analyst vs. Spring Recruiting 43 11y
0 Small Business Loan BS treatment 1 12y
0 BB Operations SA 4 12y
+123 My Story: The Sequel to the "Owning Unsexy Businesses" Thread 64 3y
0 Goldman Sach's Secret Rapper 2 6y
+29 Who Makes Better Entrepreneurs - Investment Bankers or Consultants? 40 6y
0 lol 5 12y
0 CFA - SchweserNotes Package + Secret Sauce 2 6y
+7 22 and finding it rare to find an intellectually stimulating female, what are the chances of this changing as I get older? 12 12y
0 Jordan Belfort "The Wolf of Wall Street" Sales Webinar Free for 2 Days 3 6y
0 Silicon Valley Finance? 9 6y
+34 Big 4 Partner Compensation 16 3y
0 Question about new job / bonus structure 12 13y
0 New World Order. 8 13y
+82 Are there any high paying Finance careers for introverts? 48 5y
0 Internal Transfer-- bonus? 6 13y
0 CS M&A vs CS Energy vs CS FIG 5 12y

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
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