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You have good connections, stay the hell away from banking kid.

[quote]The HBS guys have MAD SWAGGER. They frequently wear their class jackets to boston bars, strutting and acting like they own the joint. They just ooze success, confidence, swagger, basically attributes of alpha males.[/quote]
 
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Rusty.Beef

Hey,

Not sure if you were being sarcastic, but thanks for the advice! I really don't think I have very good connections, considering both internships were basically back office internships (I did get the internship at Hedge Fund A through a quid pro quo deal) Do you think I should even list the internship at Hedge fund A, because all I did was write a short report on their database and sit in a few meetings.

I'd like to go into equity research so that I can hopefully parlay that into a job at a hedge fund later down the road.

I wasn't, nobody likes working in banking. You should list everything you've done, even if its not been much.

Despite ER being a normal transition to the buyside, banking, sadly, is the easier route. If I were you I'd look for buyside internships if you want to learn how to invest.

[quote]The HBS guys have MAD SWAGGER. They frequently wear their class jackets to boston bars, strutting and acting like they own the joint. They just ooze success, confidence, swagger, basically attributes of alpha males.[/quote]
 

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