+425 Want a promotion? 133 1y
+397 Are American businesspeople losing faith in their country? 297 1y
+354 Gas Station, Car Wash, Fast Food - Owning Unsexy Businesses 230 4y
+354 Q&A:Commercial Banking SVP Ask Me Anything 148 3y
+301 Tech As An Alternative to Finance 59 2y
+285 Ask a bro: Thebrofessor's Q&A, 2016 edition 123 6y
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+207 Bootstrapped Entrepreneur Netting 7 Figures @ 25 - Q&A 102 6mo
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+178 Q&A: Guy who had listened to numerous segments on CNBC 32 3y
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+159 Best Macroeconomic Book 177 6y
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+146 Why Do a Ph.D in Finance? 134 3y
+146 What is so bad about Back Office Roles? 45 4y
+142 Q&A: Wells Fargo Financial Analyst Program for Commercial Banking 130 2y
+139 If your parents are really rich and are willing to pay for your lavish lifestyle, would you still work? 44 5y
+136 A Career In Market Risk 61 2y
+136 Long TSLA: History Repeats Itself (Money Where Your Mouth is Edition) 54 1y
+129 How much do ~average~ software engineers *actually* make? 162 2y
+127 I resigned from Rothschild to start a company 104 6y
+126 Q&A - Big 4 TAS Financial Diligence 50 3y
+123 My Story: The Sequel to the "Owning Unsexy Businesses" Thread 64 10mo
+120 4 Tips for Being a Better Leader 65 7y
+117 Books that Changed Your Perspective on Life 83 5y
+114 Entrepreurship in UK with 200,000 GBP 106 3y
+110 Houston, TX - Career vs. Lifestyle 136 3y
+107 Q&A: Former Business Valuations Associate (BO->Val->Corp Dev) 54 1y
+100 Commercial Banking vs Investment Banking 93 7y
+99 Big 4 Valuation Career (entering, compensation, exit opps, etc.) 98 2y
+99 Q&A: Big 4 Audit Senior 78 8y
+96 Better Exit Opportunities Big 4 Audit or Advisory? 39 1y
+96 How I'll survive graduation and you will to 12 3y
+96 Ask You Anything: Learning about Sales 28 6y
+95 Your thoughts on marriage/serious relationships: opposites attract vs. birds of a feather 59 3y
+95 My Story: From Trading Floor at UBS To Entrepreneur on Kickstarter 18 3y
+93 Mezzanine Finance: What exactly do you do here? 56 3y
+90 starting an investment bank 117 4y
+90 Do Not Go To Law School 40 6y
+88 Q&A: I'm a business guy who got an MBA and now I'm a software entrepreneur 56 1y
+88 Building Wealth Through IB vs Owning a Business 99 10y
+88 Q&A: Dropout -> coding bootcamp -> 100K+ 40 7y
+85 Big 4 Ranking | How Do I Know Which Big 4 to Work For? 89 10y
+84 Bye bye, Thain. 109 15y
+84 New York crime getting out of hand? 43 2y
+83 7 Things I Learned While Running a Business 22 3y
+83 Q&A: Non-Bank Commercial Lending 27 4y
+82 Financial Leadership Program Group - FAQs 90 7y
+82 My Case for Corporate Finance 51 3y
+82 Are there any high paying Finance careers for introverts? 48 3y
+81 Eating "childish" snacks at the desk? 45 10mo
+80 Google Stock Split? Pros vs. Cons 73 7y
+80 Latino woman not groomed for the finance “world” thoughts pls? 22 3y
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+78 3 Stocks that are Actually Worth the Investment in 2018 62 3y
+76 Unpaid Internship - How much is too much? 108 9y
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+74 Corporate finance career tracks 64 14y
+71 IMF and World Bank 52 3y
+70 Credit Risk Management - Any insight on hours of lifestyle? 88 7y
+69 What's the best way to accumulate wealth? 94 13y
+69 Most meritocratic jobs? 56 7y
+69 Do I have any serious chance at front office anywhere? 59 9y
+69 Q&A: Credit Underwriter at Commercial Auto Finance Company 19 6y
+69 Drink Recs for the Upcoming Holidays 38 7y
+69 How to move in SWE (And why it isn't all that great) 27 5mo
+68 The other road: Time/Location Freedom 34 3y
+67 When your awkwardly sitting in the job interview waiting room with your competition... (The other candidates) 17 6y
+65 Working in the Dirty (Oil and Gas) Energy Industry - A Comprehensive Career Guide by Insiders 23 6mo
+64 What's your backup plan? 105 15y
+63 The route to investment banking for an Accounting Major 57 7y
+63 "Passive" Business with Physical Location 41 9y
+63 Shadow Insurance 101: The downfall of the insurance industry? 17 8y
+63 Salary renegotation 17 6y
+63 Start-Up Sacrifices 21 3y
+63 Can we make a Quant Forum? - @Patrickcurtis 11 3y
+62 5 Things I Wish I Knew About the ERP Program before Signing Up 16 4y
+61 I am a government contractor in DC - ask me anything 34 7mo
+60 Big 4: Comparing Audit vs. Tax? 47 3y
+60 Q&A - 1st year Corporate Banking Analyst 31 4y
+59 Boss' condescending email...What do? 71 11y
+58 Corp Dev / Corp Strat Salaries (and exit options) 89 7y
+58 The IB/PE Path to Entrepreneurship: A Myth? 39 3y
+58 Exploding Offer - CS (Tech) NY vs. Harris Williams (Generalist) VA 45 10mo
+57 World of Warcraft? 61 13y
+57 General Questions About Private Banking 50 7y
+57 The Back Office of a BB 64 10y
+55 Entrepreneurship: Your thoughts? 68 13y
+54 Highest Paying Internet-Based Jobs/Businesses 35 13y
+54 Commercial Bank Credit Analyst vs. Spring Recruiting 43 8y
+54 Bored of Commercial Banking 23 5y
+53 What would you think of a night club like this? 37 8y
+53 Warnings Shots Over the Fiscal Cliff 19 11y
+53 how much less do professionals make outside of NY? 27 3y
+52 How to View The World... or Which Way is the Right Way to Think 17 3y
+52 Is California Too Good? 31 3y
+52 Dollar Shave Club sold for $1B USD 24 7y
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