Hello - 26 year old with a BA in philosophy
So i'm a 26 year old with a BA in philosophy and CS from top 20, but non-ivy school (lol). during my post-uni work abroad in Israel, i worked in the finance dept of an NGO, realized i enjoyed the work and environment, returned to the US about 3 months ago and have just accepted a job offer at UBS in middle office-ops. completely different course, but i shelved the idea of going to law school after seeing SO many of my peers end up graduating saddled with 6 figure tuition debt and many settling for bartender or retail jobs (working at Macy's with a JD? no thanks!)
Anyway, in the course of my reading about IBs/BBs etc etc, I've "discovered" what seems to be a lot elitism RE FO vs MO/BO. is being in ops THAT bad especially for someone who's only been working in the finance/banking industry for less than 3 years? to be honest, i'd never considered banking, so i never before had "dreams" of being in FO (mostly because i was unaware of the structure in an IB until very recently)
So I can stop prattling (it is 3am so i'm probably not very coherent now lol), I'd appreciate someone with experience (perhaps in operations) explaining why there's so much refuse about how FO is the only thing that matters and MO/BO "sucks so much?" Also, what would be a good move for someone like myself with no formal education in finance to get foot in door of working in banking?
Being in ops is great if you enjoy it. The reason people on here slam ops is because many on here want to end up on the buy-side (private equity, hedge funds etc) and banking (and not ops) is a traditional pathway to those jobs - in 99/100 you won't end up with one of those coveted jobs without so-called "front office" experience. However, if you have no desire to end up in those roles you don't need to go through banking unless you genuinely want to do banking - so enjoy your ops job and ignore what many on here say (especially considering many are college kids who haven't done a day of front office work in their lives).
Hi! my name is Eliza am new on this forum.
Welcome. There is nothing wrong with working in BO/MO positions despite what you may read on WSO. As long as you enjoy your job and are making enough to live life in a capacity which is compatible with your goals, all the more power to you.
Nothing wrong with BO/MO, but many folks on this forum are gunning for the buy-side eventually and FO is the best way to do that.
thank you for your responses! :)
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