Thanks, WSO - From non-target to coverage group at a BB

I just wanted to thank this community for the wealth of free advice that actually does exist on this site. Coming from a non-target and an under-represented US geography, I started at a boutique advisory shop where the experience I was getting was only loosely relevant to what my peers at more name brand shops were getting. I then moved to a middle market group at a large European bank in NYC, which laid off half of my group's headcount a few months back. I got the axe, but managed to come out of it with some stellar recs from senior bankers in my group. Thanks in no small part to the contributors on site, I was finally able to land a spot in a great coverage group at a BB.

I'll even thank all of the "new-monkey" (if I may coin a phrase) trolls that are beginning to populate the boards for filling my head with semi-superficial standards that kept me from settling for the first couple of offers that came my way after being laid off.

I'll try my best to pay it forward whenever I can.

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Good job pal.

Under my tutelage, you will grow from boys to men. From men into gladiators. And from gladiators into SWANSONS.
 

Congrats bro. I love this site too, when I got a paid internship at Merrill Lynch in PWM, everyone was stoked when I told them (in real life) beside me. Before this site, I would of been unbelievably hyped to get it, but I doubt I would of gotten it in the first place without the site. WSO monkeys have ambition to be the top 1% of society and doesn't settle for less. I love that and just keep working hard bro.

 

Congratulations! Glad to hear you didn't give up and that it worked out for you in the end.

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Congratulations man.

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