Highest Ranked Comments In The Last Month

+16 I would recommend you look at fully remote F500 roles outside of corp dev. Director in CorpDev
+16 State school guy here. I appreciate your post. It’s true. I had to grind HARD. Knew nobody. Still building a network. Associate 1 in IB - Gen
+16 VP in RE - Comm
+15 Moelis LA is the best LA shop and places really well. PWP LA has been expanding. They have some really strong MDs and seem like they’re a great team. Incoming Analyst in IB - Cov
+15 Agree if ur really ambitious, maybe talk to a girl who doesn’t share your DNA Intern in PE - LBOs
+15 Thank you for your service to the united states people mr Private Equity LBO VP in AM - Other
+15 Fight On! ✌️ Intern in IB - Cov
+15 Mostly network with multiple people and listen to the same "you are doing all the right things and it's a bad market" until I bang my head against a wall. bddjfj1345
+15 Didn’t happen - by your own post history, you are still in school struggling to get a job even as a diversity hire(!). am_5
+15 I thinks Gays Who Invest (GWI) should actually be a thing just for the memes Assistant in Non-profit
+15 Congrats on PIMCO! activism_no_not_ESG
+15 There is a Georgetown intern at CVP this summer; he is bound to excel , given his outstanding performance at RBC the previous summer. Intern in IB - Restr
+15 Imagine having $100M+ and the only place to go for advice is WSO. Rough times Associate 2 in PE - LBOs
+15 Cascadia Capital Analyst 2 in IB - Cov
+15 Well, I think the comment above is great advice, but I would also expect most of the summer analyst to behave this given last summer's bloodbath. Intern in IB - Cov
+15 Seniors: Sociopath juniors: masochists  Analyst 2 in IB-M&A
+15 Doing tricks on it - fellow cornelian Intern in IB - Gen
+15 These comments are ridiculous. There’s so much more to college than just the job you get out of it, which some people here are so obsessed with prestige they forget. Analyst 1 in IB-M&A
+15 Your network will get you in the door - not pedigree. I am an NYU grad. Working at a top developer in Manhattan & worked at a Life Co right out of grad school.    pudding
+14 Pride goeth before a fall- let’s finish the semester strong and remain humble. GekkoOnTheWall
+14 I will simply not care because technical analysis is fake? Research Analyst in HF - EquityHedge
+14 They serve as good staring objects but I gotta get back to work unlike them. JMac27
+14 It says it gave her actual brain damage. She deserves it and its pennies to JPM Analyst 1 in IB - Cov
+14 No, Tony Soprano never had the makings of a varsity athlete and he ended up being boss of his own family! Analyst 1 in IB - Cov
+14 I superdayed for classics and got a rejection email for a Superday for financing. What is happening enter
+14 You say LA/SF is 100x less impressive than NY yet your most recent post is.... Shafted For SA 2025 Recruitment. Next Steps? Prospect in IB-M&A
+14 One of the best cognitive enhancers is not reading this subforum  guitar2
+14 Net worth, your life partner, your experience and reputation have a compounding effect. odog808 @MemoryVideo.com
+14 Touching grass Analyst 2 in IB - Cov
+14 Has to be Laz LDN Analyst 1 in IB-M&A
+14 Nice work fatty am_5
+14 All I can say is that it's not the firms that harp about how great their culture is. Moonshallow
+14 Wow I really misread that title activism_no_not_ESG
+14 This is why I’d argue that we need an additional diversity pipeline for Pell Grant recipients.  BigTiddyGoth
+14 Make sure you get in Fri-Sun If you're lifting, keep any supplements you use (protein, creatine, etc.) at your desk Get comfortable with squeezing in whenever you can. surfsup34
+14 Have you tried the Royce Du Pont negotiating technique? Prospect in IB - Gen
+13 Do not tell her this, you’ll potentially wreck her confidence. Sounds like she’s going through something. If you genuinely like her personality and demeanor then it’s worth sticking around. johnny-mnemonic
+13 Their reputation is still the same - Great legacy affected by subpar performance in the last decade, coupled with very poor marketing and strategic mistake not to grow. Analyst 2 in IB - Gen
+13 As much as I like to make fun of Zoomers, in all fairness they're doing the best they can with the complete crock of bullshit handed to them by the Gen Xers and Boomers just like the millennials. PrivateTechquity 🚀GME🚀
+13 Oaktree as well james55
+13 Above poster is wrong, it is gonna be Sigma Phi Society, Sigma Chi Society, and the Varsity Lacrosse team Prospect in IB-M&A
+13 If you haven’t figured that out, I doubt you were CVP material to begin with Intern in IB - Gen
+13 I am a mentor and a VP on the buyside and I have seen multiple mentees (both WSO and elsewhere) complain of similar experiences. kuroganekuro
+13 Spent 9 months unemployed, recently secured a good job. I know how you feel. As per me, i suggest Analyst 2 in RE - Other
+13 Comp and culture aren’t as great as this forum thinks. Comp is fine especially given the hours, but nowhere near top of the market. Associate 1 in PE - LBOs
+13 Your focus on other people’s high school accomplishments is really weird  SiliconePla
+13 1. Attitude as others have said. Keep a fucking smile on your face. Never complain about work even to other interns (everyone can probably hear you). Be happy to take on more work. Be happy to stay late. Analyst 1 in IB - Cov
+13 How can you be with someone for three years, (supposedly) love them, but only say they have the “potential” to be your life partner? Associate 2 in Consulting
+13 In the opposite situation as you. I hate the east cost but am going to have to move back to advance my career due to an opportunity that’s too good to pass up (dislike the elitist attitude and shitty weather).  Danger Zone
+13 Ah yes the master manipulator with poor people skills, makes perfect sense Analyst 1 in IB-M&A
+13 Congrats on RBC 🥳 Analyst 2 in IB-M&A
+12 but you whine like a bitch zoba
+12 Based on the strength of your logic, I wholeheartedly endorse you applying to Scotia.  Best of luck! Works at RBC Capital Markets
+12 Some good advice in the thread. Here's some reasons I've dinged / seen interns get dinged in the past on top of those: PE-biz-dev
+12 Long-run I’d say Dartmouth will give you better opportunities, recalling a per capita buyside placement ranking I saw earlier. Since you liked the campus and community, I’d branch out a bit. Research Analyst in PE - Growth
+12 For everyone saying USC is not a target school: (2025) bankingtothemoon1234
+12 Since everyone likes to think about right-tail events, let's think about a SUCCESSFUL ~15 year career at tier 1 fund(s) - so either a good team at a platform or a somewhat scaled single manager not facing the same structur Analyst 3+ in HF - EquityHedge
+12 This story might sound funny, but surprisingly, a lot of people here can probably relate to it. First of all, congrats on landing a spring placement in arguably the toughest year yet. Analyst 1 in IB - Cov
+12 You guys are all over-complicating it. I joined one of Citadel / Millennium after a year of consulting and have been here for almost 7 years. It was absolutely the best place to learn + grow up as an analyst, by far. Investment Analyst in HF - EquityHedge
+12 CBRE to the rescue. Works at CBRE Global Investors
+12 This is true. And you have to assume you won’t get good references bc of this. So look for another job while you stay there. It’s 1,000 times easier to find something while you have something. rf949
+12 Completely disagree. Having an MBA is actually increasingly becoming a stigma for people who weren’t sharp enough to get promoted through pure merit and are hoping to rely on the overpriced piece of paper. JMac27
+12 Agree with all other big points mentioned but a smaller point I have seen from the social side is interns getting to comfortable. Associate 2 in S&T - FI
+12 this is NOT a common outcome by the way. most analysts churn out in a few years and never make it to PM. sick_willy
+12 BofA regl —> harassing women —> LMM FIG boutique! Really excited Intern in IB - Gen
+12 Congrats on the search fund! Prospect in IB-M&A
+12 Yeah I mean, that's just Levine for you.  He's always a bit off, presumably because he's under deadline and needs to make shit fit together.   Dr. Rahma Dikhinmahas
+12 Wildly inaccurate list.. PJT at nearly 1 trillion of transactions, EVR is not that large relative to other EBs, and employee counts in general are all over the place. Analyst 1 in IB-M&A
+12 Because of the way this thread unfolded, I will never be answering another WashU coffee chat request Incoming Analyst in IB - Cov
+12 Congratulations on Solomon Associate 1 in ER
+12 These posts remind me of greekrank… which then reminds me they are irrelevant Incoming Analyst in IB - Cov
+12 Looking to understand what makes a good deal jarstar1
+11 NYU grad here, I landed in institutional real estate post grad and have stayed at that level of shop to date, eventually I want to branch out and do my own deals. FinancialBarn
+11 As someone who hated banking, here are some of my (mostly) unbiased views on the pros of long-term banking: Associate 2 in PE - LBOs
+11 brother in what universe is citi on the same level as GS/MS and since when are Baird and HL elite boutiques???  Analyst 1 in IB - Gen
+11 Depression, Anxiety, ADD Everyone gets depressed. Everyone feels anxiety. ADD is... questionable (there's a lot of over diagnosis and over prescription with this as the excuse). PrivateTechquity 🚀GME🚀
+11 MF MBA placement this year was pretty tough (I am at a MF and I applied to H/S this year). Associate 3 in PE - LBOs
+11 Anyone who has even interned at a serious quant firm knows this guy is bullshit. Seriously sentiment analysis with LLM? ChatGPT can spin up a better lie than that.    Analyst 1 in HF - EquityHedge
+11 Get out of your house during the day and work at the public library and use your wifi hotspot on your phone (lots of electric plugs, quiet); just change your scenery to different places (mall food court, Library, coff odog808 @MemoryVideo.com
+11 Best of luck my friend! Just got an offer too!! So excited to be working for my Dads firm and take over for him one day. Big shoes to fill, but I’m sure we can do it! Best of luck Prospect in IB - Gen
+11 I am a mentor and a VP on the buyside, I have a large number of investment bankers in my network, some of them my mentees.  The harsh truth is that you are asking the wrong question. kuroganekuro
+11 Most normal DCM banker Prospect in IB-M&A
+11 You're an intern yourself shut the fuck up lmao Analyst 1 in IB-M&A
+11 Here are 4 things I noticed that resulted in people from my intern class not getting returns Analyst 1 in IB - Gen
+11 The work / culture was tough when I was at the firm. Usually a number of us volunteered to be the sacrifice apollothrowaway_vF
+11 pls fix Lowkey Omakase
+11 My point is that it actually does vary a lot… yes deal sprints are brutal no matter where you work but they’re exactly that — sprints. You might sprint for 2-4 weeks per deal maybe 3-4 times a year?   Principal in PE - LBOs
+11 Guys - let’s not hijack this thread so I won’t be responding beyond this, it kind of has nothing to do with what he asked. Research Analyst in HF - EquityHedge
+11 Personally have seen the other MS & GS groups decline (so many GWI chicks from Duke/BC with no experience + Diversity Hires) so would put those below PJT M&A Analyst 2 in IB - Cov
+11 Isn't there an EB that specializes in financial technology? I think they pay their AN1s 140k base so they must be the best for this type of deal Mr. Disagreeable
+11 Haha my goodness how could I ever have missed that?? MF: 10.67bn+**** Better? beekay27
+11 Former associate at HIG who went on the 2 YR -> MBA -> UMM / borderline MF path - my take on the firm below: Principal in PE - LBOs
+11 comparison is the thief of joy thebrofessor
+11 Congrats on MS! Intern in IB - Gen
+11 Burger flipping at McDonald’s? VP in IB-M&A
+11 My firm does a lot with this so there are a few ways of looking at this. Christophiish
+11 Intern in HF - EquityHedge
+11 Lenders will take firmer action once it becomes crystal clear that for most of these semi-fraudulent syndicators, it is NOT the interest rate environment that is killing asset values but the horrible basis at which they we Ozymandia
+11 Mind sharing your firm’s name so I know to insta delete any deals from y’all that hit my desk? bigleague23
+11 Nope, it’s a great idea. The seniors you work for are right, you’ll be making millions in a few years so there is no point saving now. Smoke Frog