First Finance Job or Experienced Exit Op?

Hey, so I accepted an internship offer at a medium-large hedge fund, but I haven't worked in finance before. Is that normal?

I thought hedge funds were generally exit ops from banking analyst programs, but from talking to friends in the finance community at my school it seems like some also take freshmen/sophomores. Is it possible to skip banking entirely and go straight into hedge funds, then?

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but the ones will to take u are generally pretty shitty ones or really good ones. usually shitty ones are way more common. chances are if you need to ask, its a shitty one.

 

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