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nice. you mention you want to work in the energy and commodities field. anything specific? S&T/ER/M&A or management consulting? Or more along the lines of a managerial/operational position?
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thanks for sharing trailmix8 - good to know your background. can you make the conference in NYC on July 28th?
What equipment do you fly?
He also is a pretty good dude in general. Congrats brother, you earned it.
thx for sharing!
just curious to know how you gona handle us government after your income tax
and how did you resign it? just tell your boss last friday that you are done? i will prob resign in 2 months...
Good luck!
You're awsome, congrats!
nice story
Inspirin', brethren
I had the pleasure of meeting TrailMix a few years back and he is a great guy. Could not be happier for him and wish you all the best. Let me know how I can help in anyway.
I also resigned last friday
boss
I literally lold when I saw the picture of trail mix as your pic. You really like trail mix don't ya?
Congrats! I always love reading about people who made it through unconventional ways. Thanks for sharing your story with us! :) Good luck!
Unlike greg smith's story this one is about a BO guy.
In conclusion: tl;dr
Unlike Greg Smith who left after 12 years, OP chose to leave after 5 years. So OP will complete is degree with Honor at INSEAD and he will make MD/COO for a booming Russian firm within 7 years. He will get offer from GS, CS, Citi "who" will beg them to expand their business in Mother Russia.
Let's say that the OP isn't like you. He knows his value and he doesn't feel insecure about his experience as a MO guy.
Guess what? The premise remains the same. OP has 7 years to make it bigger and better than Smith. While you are trolling and talking sh!t about people that you don't know, the OP will be working on his next success story.
Cool story bro. you must be a BO guy too
As a matter of fact, I should have done like every one else and ignore your first cry for attention.It takes a certain presence of mind to not respond to assumptions, stereotypes and unwarranted judgments. Know which battles to fight and who to fight them with. Otherwise, rise above and keep it moving!
I realize that you are a troll who will likely never work in the industry, but there is no shame in starting in the back office. I started my career as a temp assigned to physically file trade tickets, probably a role that is behind the back office, next to the dumpsters. I worked hard and moved up the food chain at that firm before later jumping over to investment banking at another BB. Several of the BO/MO guys that I worked with have gone on to become incredibly successful in front office roles. I have been in IB for nearly 10 years now, and I have no regrets that I started out where I did.
Awesome story, congrats man.
omg... congrats. great humbling story.
INSEAD admit me already, i want to sit in a class with trailmix.
btw, once upon a time, long time back when b'school wasn't on my radar, i was offered a job at Salt Lake city operations to do IT. Didn't want to move from NC and had turned it down.
trail, awesome - will be great to meet you in person this summer. sent you a PM.
congrats man....this is really great...
Good to hear. It was a pleasure meeting you at the Energy Rodeo.
Trail, a buddy of mine just got back from two weeks at INSEAD yesterday. He said the place is gorgeous and he had a blast.
Congrats, love these stories and yours is one of the best. You seem like a stand-up guy, hope we meet before you're off to b-school.
So how much money did you make ?
And I personally find the CFA a useless time waster.
in SLC I made a lot just because the cost of living there is non existent. Here in NY though was a lot tougher to save after all the restaurants, bar/clubs, and everything else that comes with living in the city.
I don't mind the CFA too much, passing the level 1 really did help me move to my role in NY. And if I pass the level 2, I have a much better chance of gettting out of some core classes in my MBA so I can better concentrate on some of the electives that I want to take.
Well, Good luck.
Congratulations--met you at the Energy Rodeo as well; look forward to seeing you in July!
Russia is not in Europe..
God, I hope this wasn't serious.
Well, you can see Russia from Alaska so it can't be in Europe right?
This message is brought to you by Palin for President, 2012.
^^^One of these guys huh?
Sounds like you did pretty well, glad to hear you made it out of Bronco country intact! Best of luck at INSEAD, kick some ass man
I fell asleep....wait for it....THERE
That's good stuff bro! Kick ass in Europe...
what do you know:
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/04/02/why-i-left-goldman-sachs-part-ii…
[quote=caneman9]what do you know:
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/04/02/why-i-left-goldman-sachs-part-ii…]
oh boy...was not expecting that
Neither was I! It's a good account though. It'll be interesting to hear you at the conference.
^^^ Like the above, I just saw that this got picked up by Dealbook, double whammy
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Wow.
This is a dreadfully boring humblebrag if I've ever seen one...
You jelly bro?
congrats man, great story
one question, who did you get recommendations from if they fire those in ops who they know are looking to go to bschool?
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Very inspiring. As a entry level candidate how did you distinguish yourself from the competition?
Very inspiring. As a entry level candidate how did you distinguish yourself from the competition?
Congrats and good luck.
Wow, you managed to get featured in the NYT. WOW.
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/04/02/why-i-left-goldman-sachs-part-ii/
You guys should definitely read some of the uninformed comments in NYT deal book article.
Reading the comments section of the NYT hmmm ridiculous.
Reading the comments section of the NYT hmmm ridiculous.
Idiots on the NYT comments:
"chris wyatt texas:If this person really had a good experience why did they not provide their name. Could it be a internal Goldman mole that posted the comment?
matt TX umm...for the same reason no one on that forum, or any other, uses their real name? He's posted over 600 times...99% of which are not about <span class="keyword_link"><a href="//www.wallstreetoasis.com/company/goldman-sachs">GS</a></span>. Or maybe you're right and <span class="keyword_link"><a href="//www.wallstreetoasis.com/company/goldman-sachs">GS</a></span> created a user name (3 years ago) and systematically opined over 600x under topics ranging from square toed dress shoes to "post your favorite song here" and "too muscular for the office?" That's definitely what happened."Thank you Matt from TX for shutting up the hater chris wyatt. Kudos to you trailmix, hope to leave a success story like yours on WSO in the future.
wow, just read some of the comments...thanks to whomever was defending WSO on NY Times
LOL wow we're famous!! NYT must have been really slow that day. Congrats trailmix, best of luck to you in your future endeavors.
To be fair, Kevin has written about WSO a number of times in the NYT over the past few years.
Nice. Didn't know that
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