Highest Ranked Comments In The Last Year

+6 I don't want to discourage you, but that just isn't that useful enough for someone to take a punt on you with little else that's relevant experience, to be honest. Lester Freamon
+6 Investment Analyst in HF - OtherOP sounds pretty toxic… You sound like you went to Cornell Works at Harris Williams & Co.
+6 Fund size / strategy: MM buyoutRole / YoE: Sr. Associate 3 in PE - LBOs
+6 A big factor here is the limited number of jobs available in asset management. At CBS and Wharton, arguably the MBA programs most focused on this sector: David White
+6 yeah this website here has a really good collection.  Analyst 1 in IB-M&A
+6 Many T15 programs have solid placement into DCM and corporate banking, and if the MBA helps you to move from a back/middle office role in compliance into a front-office role, you should see a good financial return on the M David White
+6 I've seen the financials of OpenAI and Anthropic last summer - there are enough Ozymandia
+6 Finally! Someone thinking about some actual trends with big potential impacts to real estate. Developer in RE - Comm
+6 "Actually, even using your highly biased source, this is simply not trustworthy.  Sam Altman said he expects to get to $20b in ARR.  So... it's a guess. kuf135
+6 I disagree with a lot of the premise of this post and to preface I am not saying PE firms are the good guys, but I am saying they should not be vilified. Associate 1 in PE - LBOs
+6 Three Options: Analyst 1 in IB - Gen
+6 Ok, so you’re asking someone for their time. And then you’re asking them to go out of their way to put time on your schedule. That comes off as incredibly arrogant and inconsiderate. Analyst 1 in IB-M&A
+6 destroyallbananas Drizzle-Maker
+6 Maximum Leverage Ozymandia
+6 Your carry actually realized for $2m while being paid ~$500k/yr for showing up, eating your sandwich, and keeping your seat warm and you’re in your early 30s … Jesus, out of touch a bit. AnonymousMonkious
+6 Congrats on UBS! Associate 1 in IB - Cov
+6 I’ve seen models with and without the property tax reversion.  I don’t know if it’s all that important.  That’s a hot take.  odog @digitalimmortality.com
+6 I'm obviously biased towards PE, so take lightly, but a few more considerations for public investing:  SaaSChimp
+6 All generally good comments in the above. I'll add a data point just because I comp checked this type of role with a recruiter very recently: I'm just going to copy the raw notes below, hope this helps. mrharveyspecter
+6 What do you think about the job prospect of an incoming 27 FT in a non-US office? fraudmonkey
+6 You see this is the plainly obvious conclusion of DEI to anyone with a brain and why (competent) women and minorities should have been against it from day one.  Research Associate in HF - Other
+6 I do cap intro & private placements. Unless they have close relationship with these billionaires, its very difficult to raise $. Associate 1 in IB - Gen
+6 I can second this, albeit with a limited sample size. I ran into German interns in the infrastructure space, and they had robust technical ability. Analyst 1 in PE - Other
+6 It depends on what sectors or industries he would like to specialise eventually. CCE
+6 A top 10 group on the PERE 100 rankings. I’ll post VP2 comp once I get my bonus number this month. Hope this helps provide more color / context for higher up comp as it gets murky the higher you go. VP in PE - Other
+6 If your goal is investment banking, the strongest and most direct path is clearly the UK, particularly universities like LSE or Imperial, because London is the main IB hub in Europe and offers the best access to on-campus Kevin W.
+6 I think you should only consider this option going the officer route. Prospect in IB - Restr
+6 A lot of female VP's/Director/MD's strangely have asian fetishes. Analyst 1 in IB-M&A
+6 No, I don’t think it’s that black and white.  I’ve lived in SF since 2005, so I’ve seen “Florence during the Renaissance” happen in Silicon Valley, and despite that I stayed in Finance.   odog @digitalimmortality.com
+6 What the fuck did I just read Thank God JPM levfin never gave me an offer No wonder they're a weird bunch Prospect in IB - Gen
+6 Ah yes, the white man. Truly societies most oppressed and discriminated against creature. Damn those diversity seminars on racism!  Prospect in IB-M&A
+6 nepo Prospect in IB-M&A
+6 Ditto Analyst 2 in PE - Other
+6 Holy shit this is abhorrent. What the actual fuck. VP in IB - Cov
+6 UK serves as an European financial hub, probably global for markets. From where the fuck you pulled the UK based = UK candidates lmao GS under Blankfein
+6 I'm an Associate at a MF PE firm.  Associate 2 in PE - LBOs
+6 Well, the only way pure UBI works is if human work and enterprise is completely outlawed. neil88
+6 My experience has been PhD programs have produced much better hires. PM in HF - Other
+6 So by your logic, the below is true: seekinthealpha1
+6 Ignore above. You'll just lever off ARR or revenue instead (typically 1-2x). SaaSChimp
+6 UBS does rlly suck. Quitting after bonus. Thank god. Analyst 1 in IB - Gen
+6 Hey - Congrats on your offer! Happy to share some of my advice: equiconsultant
+6 Few thoughts - and to preface, I work at a brokerage as a senior financial analyst so 95% of my time is also underwriting/running analyses/talking to clients about the financials of deals etc. Guy in LA
+6 A lot of PE recruiting is group reputation-based. PEPrincess
+6 Differing take than the crowd and coming from someone with 10yrs experience at mega sm fund. CPDDOUGH
+6 I don't understand the people who overstate their GPA. It's like trying to negotiate lower rent. No incentive to make more money. lucien_de_montclair
+6 No name liberal arts school… definitely stole a more deserving prospects seat Analyst 1 in IB - Gen
+6 What about betting on bots playing poker against other bots? That idea could never be manipulated.  PokerSlopWars
+6 This. The biggest misconception is that the easiest path to wealth is just joining the 30+ year old large cap fund and grinding your way to Partner. Associate 2 in PE - LBOs
+6 “I personally had the worst experience of my entire life there and was treated so poorly. I would never in a million years do it over or go anywhere near that bank again. Analyst 2 in IB - Cov
+6 No because 1) everyone knows what the declining UMM funds are, all it requires is someone being able to google fund size evolution, 2) you are likely to close much fewer deals at a declining fund. Associate 2 in PE - LBOs
+6 Non-Americans are ultimately the problem. Analyst 2 in IB - Cov
+6 This is very true. Around age 35, I realized that I don’t give a f*** about titles, prestige, cap rates, deals, etc. I do this for money. I need that money in order to have a secure middle class lifestyle. Covid19Brah
+6 We get it, you were at Goldman, not sure how relevant it is here.  How do you know that someone worked at Goldman? They will tell you. Analyst 1 in IB - Gen
+6 I don’t really think AI will take jobs from people with experience (CRE and Oz made good points on this already) but I think it will reduce the need for admin and junior roles over time. patrick_bateman_
+6 Any advice on how I can lateral out of UBS?  Analyst 1 in IB - Gen
+6 Because western society is built off high trust. Once you get scammed you realize just how much of daily commercial interaction only works because of trust.  miscer
+6 I am a developer that contemplated the move to PE for a while, so the opposite of you. The only reason I would make this move is for the WLB. pajero
+6 Stop fretting and go already. Your resume had something that caught their attention so you were invited and therefore by definition belong there. Partner in PE - LBOs
+6 There is basically no chance to go from an allocator to REIT LO, much less to a REIT HF. Associate 2 in AM - Other
+6 Enjoyed your stye of writing, well done. In all seriousness, that sounds brutal. Hang in there, take breathers and self care moments when you can. Rabbit
+6 Prospect in IB - Gen Managing Director in IB-M&A
+6 Fundamentally at a biotech VC, in the investor role, your job is to bet on science projects and hope that they work. This is particularly true the earlier stage you go Director in IB - Cov
+6 UGA UBSTopBucket
+6 I did GS IBD and I find alumni very open to connecting, however, the distribution of exits from the firm are more concentrated to investing roles (PE, VC, etc.) than McKinsey (which funnels people into a range of oper PEPrincess
+6 36, been on this platform for a while. wsa007
+6 What's the point of all these EBs? VP in IB - Cov
+6 UBS not #18 Associate 3 in IB - ECM
+6 This is a pretty spot on response. Works at Bank of America Merrill Lynch
+6 How can you reasonably expect 20 hours a week from IB/PE professionals? MMM6969
+6 ok will continue exercising everyone and losing deals on purpose tinyrat
+6 Dude your posts are insufferable holy shit Analyst 1 in IB - ECM
+6 He deserves the imposter syndrome because he truly doesn’t belong Analyst 1 in IB - Cov
+6 Interns were assigned to specific asset allocations, e.g. FraccDaddy
+6 For someone whose entire personality seems to be based on the fact that you did an unpleasant job for pay, which you seem to feel entitles you to feel morally superior to others, it's a little hypocritical to run around de Ozymandia
+6 CRESF Pokemon Master
+6 The massive MD in M&T is gonna spend his whole salary on bathroom usage. Analyst 1 in IB - Gen
+6 Seems to be group dependent, top analysts get taken care of for the most part, at least more than BofA/Citi Incoming Analyst in IB - Cov
+6 But the article says Morgan Stanley changed the salary conditions after signature, so in theory that was not the deal they agreed to initially Handy_panda
+6 Top buckets don’t go on WSO for validation Analyst 2 in IB-M&A
+6 Glad helpful threads like these exist in this forum in the sea of all the threads about how much BoFA / UBS suck and what GPA you need for on-cycle. Analyst 1 in IB - Gen
+6 The visa landscape has changed enormously in the last month or two with the $100k H1B fee. Obviously it's all a bit uncertain but my firm (BB) will not let us interview anyone who requires visa sponsorship. Associate 3 in IB-M&A
+6 Where’s HR and wtf are they doing about this? They need to grow some balls and help protect the franchise Analyst 1 in IB - Gen
+6 see the post in the other thread by an analyst blaming his manager for not spotting his modeling errors and you have one lens of the answer. do not equate quantity of applicants with quality. brosephstalin
+6 Amazon delivery drivers are highly efficient, so they pee in bottles. It’s not dystopian labor abuse—it’s a logistics-optimized hydration workaround.   Associate 1 in IB - Cov
+6 Just remember, no matter how bad you do, the MBA associates will always be more retarded than you. Whenever I messed up in banking, I used that as a comforting thought and it helped me be a top bucket analyst. Investment Analyst in HF - Other
+6 What is the extent of your AI utilization today?  CRE
+6 BritanniaAmericana alt? This is a kind of retarded claim imo. If your goal is IB in London, ‘Oxbridge’ lumps the two together for a reason. Pretty much the same across Europe. Associate 2 in IB - Cov
+6 Book has factor limits and equally likely to be long or short a factor at any point in time.  PM in HF - Other
+6 Until you are a Principal, PE is a game of musical chairs. It’s much easier to keep a seat if you start at KKR / APO than if you start at a MM PE firm people are unfamiliar with. Analyst 3+ in IB - Cov
+6 I hate to break it to you, but your job will probably be very similar to your lending role - just on the other side of the table. You’ll be responding to diligence questions instead of asking them. pudding
+6 YourFavoriteUncle
+6 WM side not too happy they have to subsidize IB pretty much every year Associate 3 in IB - Cov
+6 UBS not #1 Associate 3 in IB - ECM
+6 It depends. The lack of a fund often means its incredibly hard to win a process as brokers will severely handicap your certainty to close. VP in PE - LBOs
+6 Let me tell you another story: My best friend is a total idiot. Like, a total trogladyte, even more than I was. Associate 1 in IB - CB
+6 Too good for this list MiddleMarketMoneyMan
+6 But do you know the best app development company for professionalizing your gooning needs while keeping GDPR compliance? I am based in Moldova and trying to build an OnlyFans competitor for the Indonesian market.  PrivateTechquity 🚀🚀🚀
+6 What high performing PE firm in 2026 is not sweaty? The answer is none. VP in PE - LBOs
+6 No way UBs hates Americans and usually prioritizes them for layoffs Associate 2 in PE - LBOs