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+58 just clip two bonuses then buy a subway franchise and then roll the profits into more subway franchises. When you're like 35 you will have a ton of subways and be a subway millionaire  sloppysteve123
+58 "Nothing was given to me, and I will take everything I want at all costs to myself and to others." Please. Stop watching action movies. It's utterly embarrassing. DrexelBurnhamLame-Bert
+58 Well, he's definitely facing the same issue then. Analyst 1 in IB-M&A
+58 Not good. Anonymous Monkey
+58 Who needs enemies when you have friends like this Prospect in IB-M&A
+58 dawg how the hell you certified as an assistant 😭😭 Analyst 1 in IB - Cov
+58 Associate 1 in PE - LBOs
+58 Sorry didnt catch you the first time. Mind repeating it? Analyst 1 in IB - Gen
+58 1) SPACs acquire the target via a reverse merger by which the target becomes the surviving, publicly traded entity.  Associate 2 in PE - Other
+58 Given the test is only 90 minutes, it will likely be a pretty straightforward linking of the statements and calculating a MOIC and IRR. [email protected]
+58 Good thing we know you're interning at a MF, answer would have totally been different if you were at a MM k1k10
+58 During the fall of 2001 (the tech crash) I went to a final round in Chicago at one of Blair/Baird. We get to the cocktail hour the night before a Saturday super day. TechBanking
+58 Drink seekinthealpha1
+58 I’m an Associate on the buyside (ignore the username) so still very much at the bottom of the totem pole and don’t have experience managing a group of analysts. Analyst 1 in IB - Gen
+58 I personally know a 27 year old Harvard guy who graduated early and so had almost a decade of experience by his late 20s — far and away best VERIFIED comp datapoint I’ve seen, but take it with a grain of salt since th Principal in PE - LBOs
+58 yeah get the fuck outta here bitch prospie
+58 Vodka on rocks is beyond menacing. That has to be an HR violation. Intern in IB-M&A
+58 Congrats on UBS bro cafejunkie
+58 Guy I know was at a BB working on an insane deal. After slaving away all week finishing up a model, his MD emails him on a Friday with "no more comments, great job on this" and let him leave at 17:00. Senior Consultant in Consulting
+58 Talking down to experienced operators because you think you know more than them  Director in CorpStrat
+58 What is there to not hate about China? The country is fundamentally opposed to everything the free world stands for (except the radical left, but they are essentially the same group, like the Nazis, so it makes sense) Intern in IB-M&A
+58 this sounds like an american trying to sound british Business School in IB - Cov
+58 I’d rather spread comps than spread Big Mac sauce on buns and come home smelling like french fries Intern in IB - Cov
+58 HUNDREDS of Instagram followers Banking Sucks Guys
+58 To say you’re 27 and then ask if you’re too old is good for a chuckle. Thank you for that. MLCCM
+58 The fact that those posts are getting into your head doesn't make you any better than those kids lol Analyst 1 in IB-M&A
+58 “I am beyond humbled and excited to announce that I have been accepted into Harvard Business School’s Summer Venture in Management Program” proceeds to list HBS under education O.J. Simpson
+58 I'm in the camp where I'm ok, in principle, with paying a 60% tax rate if the tax burden were equally spread throughout the population (among different wage earners) and I felt that the tax revenue was being spent responsi I quit this site because of censorship
+58 You have climbed and are standing on K2 (the second-highest mountain in the world), and are looking jealously at people climbing Everest. Synergy_or_Syzygy
+58 Werent u just flexing ur Maserati like 2 weeks ago? wtf?! Pump and Dump
+58 Working on the weekend like usual Way off tweaking footnotes at 3am like usual MDs assigning pie-in-the-sky pitches, we already doing too much BBA18
+58 I'm not sure I've ever had an entire thread meant for calling me out before. CRE
+58 Email his boss, StrapYourBoots
+58 Is it me or is this forum experiencing more and more existential crisis? Is this with the assumption that other professions find fulfillment in their day-to-day from the "value" they generate? ThatOtherGuy
+58 By rounding my 3.0 GPA to a 4.0 and faking internships Associate 2 in Consulting
+58 My dearest Penguin, Synergy_or_Syzygy
+58 God not this shit again. NuclearPenguins
+58 From what I've heard Salomon Brothers has a great equities team in Dallas PeterClemenza
+58 ever seen a fat slave? there's your answer thebrofessor
+57 Prestige is a social mechanism that signals those that can be trusted in a society to fill high responsibility roles and were filtered to fill those roles. Lawyers fit this. Doctors fit this. Politicians fit this. GS under Blankfein
+57 Watch your mouth kid Anonymous Monkey
+57 Success in PWM comes down developing and growing client relationships. This includes winning them in the first place. The value of a real Financial Advisor (FA) is unlimited. rickle
+57 Congratulations for overcoming adversity but let's drop the ego-mania. Claiming your friends have "no ambition to do anything" because they work in what you consider to be vanilla jobs is just ridiculous. qbison
+57 Sounds like he wanted you to rail his daughter and post it online for him to watch. IB Analist
+57 Can provide another firsthand account of this place. Stay the hell away from this group. Please. Analyst 2 in IB - Gen
+57 “I come from a more deserving background” Come on bro, I know recruiting can suck sometimes, but you don’t deserve anything in life. MikeHuntESQCFAMBAMD
+57 You should endorse him on LinkedIn for persuasion, teamwork, and maybe time management Ny1295
+57 I would make the same decision but I'm not as good a candidate so I don't have to worry about it.  BallsOnChinBoy
+57 I heard a lot of bake offs happen on O block, analysts usually have to stay strapped with the glizzy to protect their MDs Prospect in IB-M&A
+57 high GPA at Ivy to banking > rags to riches BoutiqueBaboon
+57 Yes. Trust me when I say the "S&T is dead" trope is way overblown. It's product dependent of course, but there are still plenty of opportunities to have a long and fruitful career starting out in S&T. getmeouttaops
+57 I am married to a beautiful woman who is smart, fun, chill, and rich. Should I consider getting a divorce? Associate 2 in PE - LBOs
+57 While I’ve been a longtime WSO member and it’s a great place for info on finance roles, interviews, technicals, etc., one thing that I haven’t really gotten out of WSO over the years is the female perspective. kanon
+57 Had a pretty low IQ sellside MD come to our offices in mid-July: bad pitch + poor rep among his colleagues (confirmed via another MD on the same team). Now blacklisted. Wonder if that was you? Principal in HF - Other
+57 Dude. No one is reading that.  Works at Morgan Stanley
+57 already at a quant desk at MM, stay in your lane excel ape.  Quant in HF - RelVal
+57 My Sharpe hovers around 0.6 normally and 0.9 when I'm sober. I have beaten Tiger Global's performance two quarters in a row. Analyst 1 in IB-M&A
+57 Clearly I do if I asked the damn question 💀 Analyst 1 in IB - Gen
+57 True you should recruit for entrepreneurship instead SOFRsoGood
+57 I came here because the thread appeared on the side bar as "How to nail an investment banking analyst." Cookies With Milken
+57 Honestly pretty inspirational ngl Prospect in IB-M&A
+57 That's what you get for hiring a Redditor from Big 4 Analyst 1 in IB-M&A
+57 No one is being a dick, you’re just mad we ended up at the same place even though I come from a non traditional background. Hold this L Anonymous Monkey
+57 Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to this. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul. Associate 2 in IB-M&A
+57 True, but image how the folks in the middle and back office at GS must feel when their own HR prioritised D&I above competencies, neglecting the safest and least risky truth of promoting sb within and as we know there UlterMonkeyMD
+57 Stockholm syndrome SnappleApple
+57 This doesn't surprise me. Fuck Citi.  Analyst 1 in IB - Cov
+57 I want to emphasize how fucked up this is. Calling you petty or sharp elbowed is being polite, you are toxic. I hope for your own sake that you get your envy in check and grow up. Rabbit
+57 Don’t you have hobbies or something? How the fuck are we supposed to know what you like to do? Associate 1 in IB-M&A
+57 Thank you for mentioning in back to back posts that you served in the military. VP in IB-M&A
+57 Ah yes, Lloyd Blankfein and Jamie Dimon, the proud founders of Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan, respectively. PaulTwodoorJones
+57 Never met a girl that got horny over a guy saying they work at KKR😭 stateschoolguy
+57 My brother you are an intern your career is not even priced in yet. Analyst 3+ in HF - EquityHedge
+57 Is this a joke? Next question. ($140k as an1 btw) FTPinsider
+57 Lol when prospects think group heads make career moves based on the analyst tier lists you find on WSO. Analyst 1 in PE - LBOs
+57 Idk who needs to hear this but Tech and IB jobs are not even close to being substitutes for one another and this is a finance forum for people whom the majority are interested and working in finance and have no interest in Amicable Chungus
+57 Is systematic and structural discrimination fair? There's a reason why the vast majority of candidates hired outside these programs are upper/middle class white people. Intern in IB - Cov
+57 MBA associate checking in, and this guy gets it. Yeah my analysts do all of the modeling, ppt, meeting scheduling, comps, etc. but do you know how many footnote and formatting mistakes I catch? motley_accrual
+57 "Oh cool the bonus thread has 58 new comments" *giant argument about a dudes wife in the medical field* Business School in IB - Cov
+57 One of my first banking superdays, I get asked the typical "Why Banking?" question. Analyst 1 in PE - LBOs
+57 100k in savings. 200k car.  Can't see how this wouldn't be a great decision. VP in IB - Gen
+57 you're a cuck frozen assets
+57 Add a disclaimer to this post. A bunch of interns / first year analysts are about to lose their jobs trying to replicate this story Associate 1 in RE - Comm
+57 The only thing more obvious than the fact that this is overkill for banking is how much you clearly just wanted to talk about keyboards. Kassad
+57 Did you jerk off while writing this comment? Intern in IB-M&A
+57 Take the amount of genders that exist, then subtract 2. That's how many fucks I give. 0, 0 fucks is how many I give. crushes Natty and bangs a noobs mom for talking shit on X-Box live FratLord
+57 Someone wise once said, why would I ask a fish on how to catch fish? Ask a fisherman on how to catch fish.  hoonmin
+57 That’s some pussy shit. Intern in IB-M&A
+57 "LOL, he doesn't even work in FO - plebe". Fugue
+57 The banker saw several large tuna fish in his boat and complimented the Greek on the quality of his fish and asked, "How long does it take to catch them?" The Greek replied: "Only a little while." Pussy galore
+57 Poverty. justphresh
+57 Blackstone: Tired and scared (Because they accidentally spoke during a management meeting and they got an e-mail from their MD "to come by my office ASAP") yiggyyaller
+57 Why are you hosting an AMA? Pug
+57 That’s intense man I know people like real estate...but becoming real estate that’s a whole new level !? Investment Analyst in PE - Other
+57 Pls go to LinkedIn and type in "Securities Analyst" at Goldman Sachs. Your boy Blue
+57 Okay nigga. We got it the first time. Prospect in Other
+57 ABSOLUTE flex god Intern in S&T - Other
+57 Did he crawl at graduation? Also, he ought to be shoved down a volcano. Then he'll know what "magma cum laude" feels like. My Name is Jeff
+57 Nice try, Patrick. BoBandy
+56 (1) use historicals as far back as possible. Especially in cyclicals. Annual is ok to start. Too many ppl look 3/5/10 years back. Anchor