Climbing the ladder to trading desks

Hey grant.heckler96, I think you deserve a response...heck, everyone does. We're listening, sorry about the delay ...my best guess at places on WSO that could help:

• Career Ladder: Equity Research vs. Investment Banking- (A Definitive Guide, Part 3) Definitive Guide, Part 2) In today's edition, I wanted to discuss the career ladder in equity research ... fairly early for equity research. So, I leave it to other commentators to fill in the career path beyond ... mobility is non-existent in equity research, and we'll get to that in a minute. The
• Job security, ladder climb, and level of autonomy within respective fields of finance/careers? know/care to share. Investment Banking Private Equity Hedge Funds Asset Management Venture Capital corporate ... finance Sales & Trading Consulting Equity Research Private Wealth Management Financial Advising ... a job can be at higher positions. All of these don't have to be answered just as much as people ...
• Need an MBA to climb the ladder? It's all in the title.. Do people in PE need an MBA to get promoted to Principal, Partner ... after the associate stint? It's a bit unclear what happens after the associate level, you do ... 2 years in IB as an analyst, 2 in PE as an associate, and then what? do you need to get an MBA to be able ...
• How to climb the ER ladder? climb the ladder to that senior analyst level? What do you have to be good at? For Banking I've ...
• Citigroup- Trading- Summer Analyst desk preferences? I understand that when it comes to desk allocation the needs of the bank are fulfilled first but I have been ... then I have a better chance in getting my preferred desk. The problem is with my limited exposure to ... different desk and asset classes beyond my wider reading I am not in the best position to make an informed ..
• Top Sales & Trading desks Does not seem to be a ton of updated info out there. Looking to know what the top banks are for ... each product (FX, Commodities, FI, etc) based upon flow, the street's opinion, Hf exit ops, ...
• HELP: The Future of the S&T Job Market and Selecting the Right Desk time finding forums on here that give insight on the sales and trading industry. I'm open to ... people in sales or trading on various desks what would you ask to determine if it was right for you? ... My only issue right now is that the internship is NOT rotational so I have to make sure I'm on ...
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Or maybe the following WSO members have something to say: farz mjmiheron Samail

I hope those threads give you a bit more insight.