Highest Ranked Comments In The Last Year

+1 Yea I totally understand. spudrmonke
+1 Same deal with the New York office? Do you know anything regarding their recent performance? Looks like they’re still investing out of a fund raised in 2021. Thanks for the insight.   Acidnide
+1 Brotha you might be a little too soft, time to grow some thicker skin and focus on the outcome of getting your job done rather than reacting to every little thing your deal team tells you. zoomizoomi
+1 Is this your first job out of school or have you worked other jobs before this unfortunate issue? If you have a good track record (i.e. Associate 3 in PE - LBOs
+1 +1 to that second comment. A junior coworker of mine got a sick apartment in Brooklyn via a housing lottery. NewIndustryHorizon
+1 Early-mid 30s. ~5% of my net worth is in cash (I usually try to keep myself liquid for at least a 6 month emergency fund). Rest is invested. NewIndustryHorizon
+1 Yeah valid. Middle market or non-M&A work isn't flashy but it pays the bills. Associate 2 in IB - Cov
+1 comrade, if you are getting yelled by associates and HR, it means you are a rug at your firm UBSRising789
+1 I had a similar decision and chose Cornell Dyson. If you want to go into IB, Dyson will be far, far better. I’m much later in my career now and the $115k will (hopefully) not be material. VP in IB - Cov
+1 Genuinely curious, but which sport? Can’t be cricket, rugby, or padel given the organizational and financial considerations unique to each (I work in sports PE at a mega fund). Principal in HF - Event
+1 A sticker and a pat on the back Intern in IB - Gen
+1 I volunteer as guest speaker (freshman with no internship) Prospect in IB-M&A
+1 Sounds great and a lot of the aso on my desk echo the same, I’m curious is your seat within LevFin, ECM or DCM? Analyst 1 in IB - Restr
+1 AriannaisdabesttThanks but past getting IB offer does it really matter what school you go to? VP in IB - Cov
+1 Bump. Build on the stream. What is your inkling? Associate 3 in IB - Cov
+1 I’m considering entrepreneurship. Have an idea for a small market in FinTech (not big enough to need/get VC funding but a start). Associate 3 in PE - LBOs
+1 I think the idea of quantamental is very ambiguous. how do you define quantamental? is it the fact that you use lots of alt data to catch signals and trade on them? equitystrat
+1 It sounds like 20 years down the line you might regret not taking the leap. From that lens, it’d probably make more sense to jump. asdf1248
+1 Above posts got most of the ones.  Sentinel Dome, Foreword, and Irenic all have SF headcount I believe as well on smaller HF type places.   VP in Research - FI
+1 there is no competition, an intern once told me he had to work past dinner time since this large (20k + EV) trucking business was based on the west coast. tough racket Intern in IB - Gen
+1 This is obviously a joke Analyst 1 in IB - Cov
+1 these are strategies i dont work on but I did hear lots of algorithmical implementations in fundmanetal seats. I guess these are quantamental to your definition. equitystrat
+1 Sounds like Selby Jennings level buffoonery. Chop shop trashMy advice is avoid.  associate_HWS
+1 Anonymous Monkey: 32, $3.1mm excluding unvested RSUs How KageSelly
+1 Very helpful.  Should be lower imho!   CPDDOUGH
+1 Would just like to drop AJ Wasserstein"s articles on ETA  Very interesting stuff Prospect in IB - Restr
+1 Friend is SA there, it is sweaty.. Analyst 1 in IB-M&A
+1 ^ VP in PE - LBOs
+1 Thank you for such an honest take. I really resonate with it.  hollyflower695
+1 You are doing well. Try to write good and thoughtful essays that tell a good story supported by your background. Prospect in IB-M&A
+1 I have no idea why all of this AI shit has to be 100% in or 100% out or why you nerds are constantly polluting the RE forum about it. There is no possible way you used the Cybertruck as an example of cool or innovativ IsItREPE
+1 I really need to share my experience here. Lexapro did the same thing to me. dean787
+1 That’s because your grandparents are from a Commonwealth country, and therefore are more exposed to British institutions.  Prospect in HF - Macro
+1 Then just get a respectable degree from both Harvard and Oxford so everyone in the world knows your almae matres Probably easier said than done Senior Consultant in CorpDev
+1 Should be fine. I was scared to take those off when I first started and didnt take my first real PTO until like late May. In hindsight it really wasnt that deep. Analyst 1 in IB - Gen
+1 Any employer worth working for will know HYPSM and Oxbridge. If your life purpose is to impress a random villager then I guess Harvard and Oxford are the only unis worth attending. Prospect in HF - Macro
+1 There will be some funds closer to VC than GE that may appreciate your operating + investing skillset. Though likely no vanilla growth funds will value it at all. Associate 1 in PE - Growth
+1 28, ~700k  MnIGuy
+1 ojapar20 odog @digitalimmortality.com
+1 Happy to help pls dm Intern in IB - Cov
+1 It’s a great outcome and good for Bain for being one of the few funds that plays in semis hardware/fabs/WFE but there’s definitely an element of right place right time given generational memory cycle. VP in PE - LBOs
+1 It's possibly the "safe option". TobyTwoTone
+1 One MF offers fee free carry free coinvest with free leverage (3x or something ridiculous). But the liquidity (and returns) are dogwater. local_finance_bro
+1 100% co-location with PM is so fucking dumb....if MLP allows WFH, there is no reason Citadel, Baly or P72 should not. RxGonGivItToYuh
+1 equitystratFor IB: Left Lane Associates Transportation M&A group WaffleFalafel
+1 Yeah I thought it was gonna be some 7D chess too and realized that banking is just banking. Still the same shit at its core. Analyst 1 in IB - Gen
+1 Based on the most helpful WSO content, here's what you need to know about Leerink Partners and its Healthcare Services team: WSO Monkey Bot
+1 Hah, I wish my personal projects had more profit potential. CRE
+1 Depends on what job you want after business school but if it's PE, you'll barely get any looks from Booth other than from a small handful of LMM firms in Chicago. If you're going for IB / Consulting, Booth is fine. VP in PE - LBOs
+1 Agreed. I did a brief corporate stint in '21-'22 and $310k cash even then when money was cheap and startups were flush w/ cash, these would be all clear comp outliers (sure, offset a bit by inflation but still). NuclearPenguins
+1 Upload into chat/any other ai, tell it to ask you the questions and to ask follow ups. practice speaking out loud like in an interview by using the voice to text feature to ballknowledge
+1 "Anyone else feel that RX is not some immutable, technical beast that it is often marketed as?" jl12
+1 "Now for the ego point, and I may get a bunch of MS for this, but it's not big secret that IB is full of insecure hardos who desperately need to believe their job is rocket science." jl12
+1 Don’t believe anyone thinks ECM is complicated  Shelly1
+1 Have a decent slug coming up on a few deals this year. These were single deal waterfalls, no funds.  Director in RE - Other
+1 Tell them what you would acquire and what it would need to look like. CRESF
+1 sp1313bump This was just posted today. Where are you bumping it from, exactly?  CRE
+1 Question is impossible to answer without knowing what your job goals are, whether you want to stay in the US or return to your region, where in the world your region is (Booth has very strong presence in LATAM for instance Associate 2 in IB-M&A
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+1 I'm just that guy Prospect in IB - Restr
+1 I'd argue if you dig in, it builds "mile wide inch deep" skills across a number of domains. Legal, accounting, tax, strategy, operations, etc. You get to a "B-" in all of them.  Principal in PE - LBOs
+1 Emphasizing the behavioral point. Bankers want to know that you are a chill person to be around since you’ll be spending 15hrs a day with them. Have your story down cold. Why banking? Why this bank? Why this industry? ImagineSisyphusHappy
+1 I’d also argue that you learn how to think about business fundamentals, capital allocation and risk/return. Very helpful when think about underwriting any role/investment/business problem. Analyst 1 in Consulting
+1 31, ~$300k. Banking for around 4 years now, prior to that took out huge loans to cover living expenses and MBA, prior to that was an hourly worker making ~$40k and saving basically nothing. Flynnsmolder
+1 These numbers are super low wow. Kids see this as the cost of playing safe. one right play in your 20s dwarfs these people’s years of slaving  Analyst 1 in IB-M&A
+1 Liquid credit and public equity analysts have generally been viewed pretty positively and received good career paths, from some ppl in my network who used to work there. allstar101
+1 They make these exceptions typically for two reasons if someone's been with the firm for a while or they have some type of presence in SF even if just 1 MD with a tiny office. VP in PE - Other
+1 Agree that SRS was crazy good. Jetro (for both series of funds) was good, but not crazy good. I have no idea how their AUM has grown, Fund VI and beyond are average. Associate 1 in AM - Other
+1 bump Intern in IB - Gen
+1 I mean this in a helpful/nice way — you’re overthinking. just talk to them credev99
+1 ojapar20I'm actually cooked. IsItREPE
+1 Stay at Cornell. Degree will get you much farther than UF in the NE Managing Director in RE - Comm
+1 0/10 ragebait bcbandar
+1 On_The_EdgeI didn't realize CFA classes were a thing. How did that work? Did you find a tutor, or was it a program through your company? Isaiah_53_5 💎🙌💎🙌💎
+1 What? neil88
+1 Spot on. The outflow of talent the last few years with almost no meaningful replacements is pretty telling of how little the firm values IB. RBOB_squarepants
+1 He is just unpleasant being around with, burps and eats loudly at the deskTakes all the calls from phone booths so the others do not hear him Associate 1 in IB - CB
+1 I’m leaving banking to go into law because of a lot of what was described here. Analyst 1 in IB - Gen
+1 I’ll add Goldman and Ardea.  Associate 2 in IB - Cov
+1 i just accepted SA27 offer here. from what i know comp is a little below street average and hours are like typical IB hours. greengiant67
+1 90+ hours / week is the norm or more aptly expect to be available 8am-2am 5 days / week, 10am-12am on Sundays once you’re fully ramped. Analyst 2 in IB-M&A
+1 Fair. Analyst 1 in IB-M&A
+1 Bump 8.43 13.5
+1 Did bro really have to use the world degrade 😭 Intern in IB-M&A
+1 I've used Gusto for a distributed team and it handled multi-state payroll pretty well. The real test is how they deal with state registrations and compliance issues when something goes wrong, not just running payroll. Hanlon
+1 Know plenty of people who came from m&a, so it's definitely doable. The main hurdle is networking. chimpingaway
+1 You say nothing about whether you can interpret financial statements and/or at the very least understand a conventional investment thesis. MMPM
+1 Take the offer. Yes, you'll earn less and the job stability will be lower. But you will now officially be on the buyside, which is the hardest transition to make. MMPM
+1 I do know my way around a financial statement though I don't think I am differentiated in terms of traditional fundamental analysis. But financial statements often enter into what I do - e.g. c.m
+1 ACA but bear in mind it takes about 3 years to do and even then your far more likely to get into IB in a deal adjacent service as opposed to Audit and then B4 over MM. Accountant in Acct - Other
+1 Hi, so are all ACA qualified bankers perceived to be previous audit/tax? lol - genuine question Analyst 1 in IB - Restr
+1 You'll be fine. There'll be some stupid HR ladies at BBs who will act like you've commited murder, but other than that most places will be open minded and value your experience. Just have a solid story! Investment Analyst in PE - LBOs
+1 Associate 2 in IB-M&A Nobody Man
+1 99% of search funds are a joke. Just do your family office, L/S exp is way more valuable than even the best search fund could hope to offer you.  PrivateTechquity 🚀🚀🚀
+1 Is wang your quantitative? KageSelly
+1 I'm in Europe - but consider utilities. Particularly for corp dev there are a lot of options to develop internally or purchase platforms or individual assets. Whizzy_Stradlin
+1 curiousbanker123: He used to be. Best in the business. N KageSelly
+1 33 Senior VP in IB - Cov
+1 They IPOed below the acquisition value after 6 years and then got insanely lucky. Good for them though, better to be lucky than good VP in PE - LBOs
+1 Commenting to avoid bot wangmi