Do I have a chance to make it in IB?

hi,

graduating this April from a non-target school with a bcom in management with a 3.1 GPA. I started in Finance but corporate finance was too hard to I switched to management, which is 50% easier but only 10% less valuable.

I worked last summer at my dad's company and I did a lot of admin work like organized files and performed calculations on Excel like (=sum and =average) and all that so I have experience in modelling (in Excel, of course ;) )

My management degree has made me a master in strategic positioning, supply chain management, and I know all my 5 forces and 3 Cs. So i understand business well and I can be great asset in studying them and doing valuations!

I also traded some bitcoin, didn't make any money but still gained experience in drawing support and resistance lines. I also read the intelligent investor (the cliffs, of course) and I watched Billions so I know you gotta go long and short at the same time.

the things that are worrying me the most are:
- I have more technical analysis than fundamental, would that be a burden?
- I only had one real retail job where I got fired, so I don't have any references. Do employers care about references and all that?

What are my chances?

 
pickingupthepieces:
hi,

graduating this April from a non-target school with a bcom in management with a 3.1 GPA. I started in Finance but corporate finance was too hard to I switched to management, which is 50% easier but only 10% less valuable.

I worked last summer at my dad's company and I did a lot of admin work like organized files and performed calculations on Excel like (=sum and =average) and all that so I have experience in modelling (in Excel, of course ;) )

My management degree has made me a master strategic positioning, supply chain management, and I know all my 5 forces and 3 cs. So i understand business well and I can be great asset in studying them and doing valuations!

I also traded some bitcoin, didn't make any money but still gained experience in drawing support and resistance lines. I also read the intelligent investor (the cliffs, of course) and I watched Billions so I know you gotta go long and short at the same time.

the thing that is worrying me the most are: - I have more technical analysis experience rather than fundamental, would that be a burden? - I only had one real retail job where I got fired, so I don't have any references. Do employers care about references and all that?

What are my chances?

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pickingupthepieces:
hi,

graduating this April from a non-target school with a bcom in management with a 3.1 GPA. I started in Finance but corporate finance was too hard to I switched to management, which is 50% easier but only 10% less valuable.

I worked last summer at my dad's company and I did a lot of admin work like organized files and performed calculations on Excel like (=sum and =average) and all that so I have experience in modelling (in Excel, of course ;) )

My management degree has made me a master strategic positioning, supply chain management, and I know all my 5 forces and 3 cs. So i understand business well and I can be great asset in studying them and doing valuations!

I also traded some bitcoin, didn't make any money but still gained experience in drawing support and resistance lines. I also read the intelligent investor (the cliffs, of course) and I watched Billions so I know you gotta go long and short at the same time.

the thing that is worrying me the most are: - I have more technical analysis experience rather than fundamental, would that be a burden? - I only had one real retail job where I got fired, so I don't have any references. Do employers care about references and all that?

What are my chances?

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