I’m scared . Please help
So I am taking this class to hopefully get into the investment banking workshop at my school . However , I’m the concepts seem confusing . It’s my first ever class and according to professor, they don’t expect us to know any of the stuff but some students do know and I feel like ib is not for me just because I don’t know any of that stuff.
I came here to ask the current investment bankers if you had the same feeling the first time you took your finance course . Thank you
I didn’t take finance courses and majored in Music. Showed up day one of banking and learned from there—you will prob do fine. And if not, there are many careers out there.
Max?
No, but funny enough, I actually think this is a path more common than one would think. I’ve interviewed and when I was recruiting for banking years ago saw many others with this background.
I never found literally anything I learned in school helpful for IB except for some accounting concepts. The finance is all theoretical BS even the modeling and DCF we did in class was so different. Save the being scared for when you hit the desk imo
Not a current investment banker but did do a boutique internship this past summer and will be doing SA 22 at a strong MM.
Relax.
If your professors said they don't expect you to know something, then it's fine. Those other kids and their knowledge do not matter. I remember being extremely intimidated as well when beginning the technical guides and doing my first networking calls feeling like I was clueless. The reality of it is it is not always the kids that know the most who are the most successful, but those who hustle and are people outside of finance. Someone else on this forum posted something along the lines of "if an intern walks in with 50% knowledge and leaves with 80% versus a more likable kid who walked in with 10% and leaves with 70%, the latter is more likely to get the return." Obviously, this was internship advice but it rings true here too. If you are more coachable and likable, then you are going to excel faster. Learn from your mistakes and have a good attitude. You got this!
Second this. If you show up and know very little, you have the opportunity to show how interested and dedicated you are to learning more… nothing to lose. If you come in and act like you already know what’s going on, then the pressure is on to live up to those expectations you set for yourself. Plus everyone hates an arrogant know it all.
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No student knows anything. They're all pretty much on the same level when they enter into the industry full-time. You'll learn more in 3 months on the job than whatever you could have learned in school. Have confidence in yourself.
You talking about F100?
I’m a first year analyst at a BB and still don’t know what I’m doing half the time lolz. In all seriousness, check out the rosenbaum and pearl investment banking book, should be able to find a PDF online. That was my first prep resource and it helped me immensely
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