Highest Ranked Comments In The Last Year

+3 excellente Director in IB - Cov
+3 My situation definitely a bit rare on the offer I ultimately accepted but I was getting absolutely killed in UMM PE and was borderline crying every other day lol darkest period of my life was so miserable and left and got Analyst 1 in IB - Cov
+3 Outlook? more like “look out” below because UBS keeps falling down the league tables Analyst 1 in IB - Cov
+3 May suggest not answering that as may dox someone especially given size of team and what poster shared.  Associate 1 in IB-M&A
+3 Fundamental investing can be good, but you'll want to dig deeper and think about ideas that aren't apparently obvious. Options investing can get pretty complicated, so I would tread carefully here. Prospect in IB - Gen
+3 Happened to me - very similar setup. Had a rough go of things and never really recovered there. Had previously done well at good shops prior, and went to a different shop and have done well here. VP in PE - LBOs
+3 If your long-term goal is M&A / PE / broader buy-side exits, I would seriously consider PwC Deals. Snowman21
+3 One of the most poorly-phrased questions I have ever seen PhantomGhost
+3 MMs have more strategies so the diversification leads to lower volatility (and usually higher sharpe). They need to lever up to meet the volatility that clients are expecting. PM in HF - Other
+3 Research has definitely improved markedly over the years. I’ve seen some research reports that capture my investment thesis almost in full, and make you feel a lot less value add. tiger_rawring
+3 Are UBS bankers qualified to mentor people?  Intern in IB-M&A
+3 Lmao…It’s funny how some people can’t celebrate others’ success without feeling threatened. Sounds like you are jealous Director in IB-M&A
+3 Rotman has no US pipelines other than Dyal IIRC, and even that I’m not sure about after the TN crackdown. Intern in IB - DCM
+3 Super under rated thing is taking the SIE Its a exam you'll have to take entering IB anyways and it shows a lot of demonstrated interest during applications.  tampawampa
+3 Just came across this and wanted to level set a little. For context, was at A&M RX for a couple of years before moving out. VP in HF - EquityHedge
+3 It depends a bit on the timeline. If you want to spend a few month and jump to a bank once the opportunity is opening up your credit experience will be appreciated (in case you join a credit role). LevFin Lab Newsletter
+3 Man's Search for Meaning wherec8w9
+3 You left your last job (either voluntarily or not) but you're still too young to retire and you have to do something to spend your time. morgantire
+3 The Oakland A’s of finance crazylifechoices
+3 Idk which is more ridiculous, your username or the fact that you called CIBC PU&I elite (congrats on CIBC btw) Analyst 2 in IB-M&A
+3 We burnt a ton of money on premiums to hedge names after the hit we took post liberation day. Investment Analyst in HF - EquityHedge
+3 Really interesting perspective. sp1313
+3 IE and Esade are like 2 tiers below the rest.. Stick to LBS lse oxbridge hec escp st gallen bocconi are you're golden  Analyst 3+ in AM - FI
+3 Genuinely the most scam shit website i've ever seen in my life. Avoid at all costs.  Intern in IB - ECM
+3 Believe Guggenheim has a solid Power / Energy Transition team that sits in Houston (apologies if im wrong here). Analyst 2 in IB-M&A
+3 Because the nature of work in PE often feels boring and mind-numbing—you’re cranking through models and diligence to the degree that you stop caring about the substance of the work. Principal in PE - Other
+3 Intern in IB-M&A: WSOBURNER69
+3 That might actually be the case, good call.  Ironically, a 24 yo can make much more than $2mm a year if they build an AI agent that can successfully flood forums with semi believable content. kuf135
+3 I make 150k base as AN1 at Left Lane CEO in Research - FI
+3 There was a guy who kept posting about university prestige rankings and he stopped for a while but it seems he’s posting again Pro Veritate
+3 It sucks ass but prolly would still do it again. Was able to save up and buy a house and my dream car and got a super cool job after it I wouldn’t have been able to get if I hadn’t done IB. Anonymous Monkey
+3 I'm not sure I'll ever "leave" the industry, but I'm increasingly looking at it as just part of what I do as opposed to everything I do. CRE
+3 neil88 Reservation at Dorsias
+3 Doesn't give an explanation for his/her opinion and calls me biased? That's rich. If Internet points are affecting you that much then don't comment?  Goj5979
+3 semaj123What a pleasant response, thanks Whatever1984
+3 The 18 month program is optional at Kelley. It is supposed to give students an advantage finding an internship with the hope to convert, while still being able to go back to school for a semester. WallStreetTurtle359
+3 What, UBS doesn't have any groups really in the top 10-15 in America's for YTD outside of really in the LevFin product and maybe ECM... that's the whole issue. Analyst 2 in IB - Gen
+3 Speaking as a NYC developer, the best source of development sites are assets you own with a development parcel attached.  Or, secondarily, anything that needs a rezoning/upzoning. Ozymandia
+3 happiness certainly depends on your physical and mental health. it depends much less on your physical or mental abilities. Kevin25
+3 Been through something similar for Sleep Apnea, needed DJS. It's a medical necessity and they can't discriminate against you. Associate 1 in PE - Growth
+3 Don't read any of these stupid "sigma" books or business books (except Barbarians at the Gate because it is entertaining). You will get enough of that BS on the job. green_duck
+3 Love this take on a morphing economy but I still think many will take that soul-sucking corporate culture.  NewIndustryHorizon
+3 just started a grad program in physical commodities. my educational background is in engineering and finance so i have a little exposure to python prior to starting. spiff
+3 Understanding the landscape of fund performance and strategy is the most time consuming, important, and least prioritized part of PE recruiting. Works at Credit Suisse
+3 Pretty much all groups in the top 10-15 in the table above better places to land Analyst 2 in IB - Gen
+3 tell us ur a rx nerd without telling us ur a rx nerd Analyst 1 in IB - Restr
+3 I want to exit for a better lifestyle (I loathe late night calls with offshore teams) and more interesting work. Business School in CorpStrat
+3 Switch GS and CVP, Dyal and Lazard, change order of small boutiques to Dyal > M. Klein > Ardea > Allen > Tidal > LionTree magictricks
+3 He’s back Pro Veritate
+3 Associate 2 in IB - DCMBarc Product Group2Y -> 3Y Associate$200K -> $225KBonus: $103K monkishitz
+3 Tech is still the worse group even if that is their first sell side in a couple years. GIG still way stronger. Analyst 2 in IB - Gen
+3 This fucking guy nutmegger189
+3 When did you hear back post HV? Prospect in IB-M&A
+3 Tech gets (rightfully) shit on in this forum, yet they’ve still managed to close bigger deals than the group you’re calling “cooking.” The $4.4Bn Veeco–Axcelis deal, where they were the exclusive financial advisor, is from Analyst 2 in IB - Gen
+3 Stockdale is the yari family office but have now grown to raise money from outside investors. 8.43 13.5
+3 This is a perspective from someone who went from a quant adjacent role to running their own money - idk you can call me an angel investor or a boutique proprietary VC cutting small checks or whatever but I do have a system pbandjpartners
+3 can confirm said md has a wife too and a separate lovers nest ;) Analyst 1 in IB-M&A
+3 The seizure thing is hard to comment on without knowing more. Horrible for anyone to have a medical incident at work, obviously especially if it’s induced by overwork.  RoleTied
+3 KY, MF, JG, JC, MH Analyst 1 in IB - Cov
+3 Traveling is what I always recommend for young people. Seeing other countries and experiencing other cultures firsthand opens your mind. RedWhiteAndWho
+3 David Constabile
+3 I mean what exactly do you want me to elaborate on? Your comp is a pretty straightforward function of the hours billed x billing rate x revenue share percentage. VP in HF - EquityHedge
+3 I may have one of the most non-traditional exits from banking.  I was experiencing the same burnout you are now and exited for medical sales.  Analyst 2 in IB - Gen
+3 Ur not wrong on most of this. MS is unwarranted Works at Goldman Sachs
+3 H1Bs exist only if companies can’t find anyone qualified. With that much interest in IB, that’s just a straight up lie that there wasn’t a single American who could fill that role Associate 3 in IB-M&A
+3 Generally no. I think having one really strong pitch, and maybe a backup, is plenty for just starting out. excelmonkey5410
+3 My company develops senior apartments and outside of some partnerships with organizations to help with events, transportation to and from appointments, etc., they are basically slightly altered apartments. CRESF
+3 EVR CVP LAZ PJT MOE PWP Intern in IB - Restr
+3 The ones who can correctly identify which businesses will or will not be obsolete will make a lot of money, the ones who don’t won’t. ibmayb
+3 Learn to use commas and periods. They're important for handling money  Research Analyst in ER
+3 Personally, I would consult a different forum like Fishbowl or Reddit that have more experienced professionals as the median user base. rolo25
+3 LSE, LBS and Oxbridge and maybe imperial if in the UK. Otherwise only HEC, Bocconi, Escp, St gallen and some others are worth it. Not all are 1 year though  Goj5979
+3 It ended up being a coincidence. Associate 3 in PE - LBOs
+3 The MM team is housed under their commercial banking arm, and the pay reflects that. AFoldingChair
+3 After you blatantly misunderstood my remarks and went on a tangent about workout teams. Which again was an extremely underbaked view. Associate 3 in PE - Other
+3 VP in PE - LBOshow'd you decide you were at coastfire levels? multiple of annual spend? Associate 3 in IB - Gen
+3 The fattest generals who work 3 hours a day, travel the world using “meeting clients” as an excuse, and then complain about those under their command for not working until 3 am every night Analyst 2 in IB - Gen
+3 It's FT offer in hand vs chance to interview (not even like you already have the internship offer)... Analyst 1 in PE - Other
+3 Same thing happened to me. I blew half a year working on buying a shitty renewables asset. We underwrote a mid teens IRR with substantial follow on equity deployment over the next 5 years. Planned for a 7 year exit. Analyst 2 in IB-M&A
+3 Basically … it’s incrementally more pay than a standard corporate 9-5 for 150% the workload, but with strong exits. Associate 2 in IB - Gen
+3 And are the fat generals in the room with us right now? Ruebenesque
+3 Step one for any possible investment decision you'll ever make, is to ask yourself: why can I do this better than the next person? Ozymandia
+3 A bunch of jesters DCFMonkee
+3 Was at Evercore, can confidently say that incoming SAs and Grads are top notch bar just a few who got sieved out anyway. Would say it’s a top shop and will be so for the coming years in terms of quality and exits. stayfrosty1337
+3 pretty gay Larry Lamda
+3 Same for us. We present going-in cap, Year 1 cap rate, and stabilized cap, always tax adjusted. T3/T12 cap as well to have as a data point but it’s less relevant. DebtChug
+3 "Congrats on JPM" just doesn't hit like "congrats on UBS" nontargetmarket
+3 first letter p, latter part of the word hub Analyst 1 in IB-M&A
+3 I appreciate your attempt to actually answer the question with any kind of coherent thought. Larry Lamda
+3 sort of a coughing baby vs. hydrogen bomb situation tbh Associate 1 in IB - Cov
+3 This is me. Investment Analyst in HF - Other
+3 A good group to choose from for London recruitment: oxbridge MFE, HSG Mbf or maccfin, LBS MFA/LSE MiF/HEC MiF, Bocconi MiF, ESCP MiF  But consider your background HSG for you might be best  Bander77
+3 What gets announced, and what gets done, are two totally different things. Everything is being priced by what gets announced. What actually gets done is only a tiny sliver of the announcements. jl12
+3 Pretty funny shit ngl but smarts like this is why you work in the back office my man Investment Analyst in HF - Other
+3 A couple of aspects that make me skeptical of the sustainability of the current data center market are: 1) that right now we have Google, Microsoft, Open AI, Anthropic, etc. JB97
+3 The tried and true path is to go find the most reputable deal guys in your market who have an established track record. Explain your background, your financial situation, and ask to office with them. laffer
+3 If u want the “optimal” path to IB degree wise - would firstly say high school students overestimate Comm / Law degrees. painsufferer420
+3 Seen someting similar in our SA and A recruiting. Impressive presentations prepared, formatted clean, lots of analysis but Q&A was showing that 80% did not understand what they have done there.  Associate 1 in IB-M&A
+3 Again this is not necessarily true. Yeah sure for quant roles and probs even Sales and Trading you would need a STEM degree (including econ cause some unis count it as a BA). TS1904
+3 I see their point - you have no full-time IB experience so it's hard to push for a bump in seniority. Degrees are less relevant in IB. Associate 1 in PE - Other