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1st year analyst 42.5k bonus (def not worth the hours) top of class got ~50k

 
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I know some people that have had a rough time with exits. Obviously still very solid exits but it seems like a lot of the more “institutional” firms are strictly wanting kids with IB backgrounds.

 
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Each generation is softer than the last until there’s some sort of major economic downturn. Just the way life works.

That being said, the US economy has been extremely strong for over a decade now. There’s no need to settle for trash comp in RE if you can go into tech for way lower hrs and way more pay or go into IB/PE for more hours and also way more pay. Hell even random corporate jobs and back office functions pay more than some of the numbers I’ve seen on the comp reports. That’s probably why people don’t even bother to learn how to model correctly anymore. You either take them or you take no one. Exception is this year - job market is absolute ass across the board and employers can start to be picky again.

 

Yeah I’d say this is true for anyone in brokerage and a MM/LMM and below fund. Would say that recruiting for tech right now is vicious but back office comp is definitely not competing with UMM and larger funds

 

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