1st month in IB?

What was your first month in IB like? I have no idea wtf im doing and things are generally going pretty slow on most days.. feel a little guilty as I see senior analyst and associates always online and seemingly busy 

 

Don't worry about it. As long as you are in a not-so-bad bank, you will get busy later. I wasn't staffed on any live deal until 8 months into the job. Actually there were two, but those two were late stage and neither of them closed. 

Persistency is Key
 

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