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+11 Happy to trade in CHI's winters for our "superficiality" here in LA. Synergy_or_Syzygy
+11 I've worked at a larger growth equity fund as well as currently a small one (5-10 person team). OhhThatsGood
+11 Don't talk to him again. It will make your life so much better. Toxic/competitive/jealous "friends" are literally the worst and are damaging to your health and well-being. IncomingIBDreject
+11 Sequence of two questions: "Tell me about one of your personal heroes." "Tell me about a time that hero failed you." Layne Staley
+11 Please tell me how you would be a millionaire by 25 working in IBD. differentialequations12
+11 A few thoughts Telemachus
+11 Let’s see: * sweat shop - long standing * untrustworthy counterpart - long standing * investment professionals charged with/sued for fraud - numerous Principal in PE - LBOs
+11 Started and operated multiple businesses. Current business has been operating for 22 years. Have a non-business degree. I'll approach your topic from two perspectives. rickle
+11 https://media0.giphy.com/media/D0EjguuQzYr9m/giphy.gif" alt="geek" /> Jamie_Diamond
+11 Fuck being a successful analyst. I'll take being a mid-bucket analyst for $10k less bonus any day of the week.... Analyst 1 in IB-M&A
+11 Similar to you - my parents paid 200k for a house in 2000ish worth about $1m now. Prospect in IB - Gen
+11 Let’s see how the American public feels about that come November, people are not as dumb as you and the rest of the Democratic Party think.  Lester Diamond
+11 My girlfriend and I split up around the start of the year because she felt that there wasn't any passion left in the relationship after bein thurnis haley
+11 Ah. And here we have a conflict. I believe the initial question was how to dress for banking, not how to dress for appealing to men. The two are actually not the same. Mis Ind
+11 Just to level set a bit, you want to avoid fake/gay?/unappreciative people and your idea is to pursue a career at an investment bank? Anonymous Monkey
+11 "realjackryan" Lol, maybe me meant 6:00 AM the next day. exemplaria
+11 It’s a dildo molded to the dickprint of your MD so you can get used to him fucking you Barney_Stinson
+11 So much of this is just managing others perception of you. If you are very responsive and enthusiastic / show a good attitude, this will go a long way and is completely independent of your work product. Analyst 1 in IB - Gen
+11 Maybe its a case of the grass looking greener on the other side Here is the reality, there is always somebody making more, somebody doing something cooler, somebody going faster/farther. redever
+11 You forgot the part somewhere between VP-MD where your 14 year old nephew cleared your entire net worth in three days YOLOing his allowance money in shitcoins Intern in IB - Cov
+11 This side of the fence will move very slowly to meet increases I think. You have a lot of ancient boomers who just sit there and do nothing while accruing all the benefit to themselves. Mephistopheles
+11 I once told my MD at an internship that most the people at my school are capping, he just said he didn't understand what that meant.  Prospect in HF - EquityHedge
+11 I'm lazy I'm sarcastic I'm impulsive I'm impatient I'm jaded I'm bitter I'm misanthropic I'm a dilettante I have ADHD (legitimately) CuriousCharacter
+11 i see one possible career path for you ironnchef
+11 So, I'd guess without any additional context that everyone from "analyst to VP" a "large institutional shop" is probably making all-in compensation that probably puts them within the upper 5% or 10% of people at their same redever
+11 Get off the dating apps. They are a plague; they are a cancer to your soul. You'll never be happy with any woman so long as you can whip out your phone and start talking to other women. I quit this site because of censorship
+11 PanicAtTheBB Anonymous Monkey
+11 Help me reconcile: 1) I’m almost 30 and have never been with a girl; 2) I’ve been seeing this girl for 6 months; and 3) I love this girl and I want to marry her. Teller in Branch - Personal Loans
+11 I suggest you should focus on the underlying principle or the suggested underlying principle rather than following the exact doctrine to the letter. IncomingIBDreject
+11 For all intents and purposes, fuck the south, they lost the Civil War and need to get over their failure as a region. Postgradwonderer
+11 Who cares and/or how is that my problem? Senior VP in S&T - Other
+11 bro nobody ever had a girlfriend here bottombucketMD
+11 No, most analysts are virgins or become revirginized during their IB stint Analyst 2 in IB - Gen
+11 Wow.  If the harsh realities of the world hurt your underdeveloped sensibilities, then I suggest a cookie and a puppy. Take your micro agression triggerings and stop it. D.O.U.G.
+11 Yeah I posted it but I thought it wasn't concise enough in addressing the question so I removed it. The following is what I had posted. Woozy
+11 "Intern in IB - Ind" 1. If PE is the end goal, would you reccomend private credit over IB out of undergrad? 2. 7hr0wbak
+11 Looks good. Just move RBC to tier one. Thx Prospect in IB-M&A
+11 Ye who cares we should just let Russia have what they want. Let them have all of Europe if they want it tbh. It's all on 'that side of the world' anyway, not like it concerns us.  Leon Dragonov
+11 Worked at Blair in their tech group. A few points: VP in PE - Growth
+11 OP, I hear your concern and it's not uncommon. ZetaMale
+11 I’m never happy. Smoke Frog
+11 The standard, at least for BBs, is 85k salary pro rated for the summer. $2,000 housing stipend at the end of summer and $10k signining bonus for FT offer (EBs can be $15-20k signing bonus). Intern in IB - ECM
+11 Actually my friend was convicted of vehicular manslaughter and was able to continue with his SA gig. Just let HR know before and you should be good to go. Summer Associate in IB - Gen
+11 they actually work in compliance Prospect in IB-M&A
+11 Please do explain NPV to me.  Because this debate has absolutely nothing to do with NPV.  NPV has to do with time value of money, percentile ranks have to do with statistical distributions.  The fact that yo Principal in PE - LBOs
+11 You sound bitter af. Some of them are kinda cringe but Bryan Jun as an example makes solid content in his spare time as a hobby. There's nothing wrong about liking your job lol Goya Beans
+11 lol I’m at uva and got a perfect score on the ACT. keep playing the elitist card—some of us can't afford 80k/year undergrad Prospect in Other
+11 I work in tech right now as a Senior Engineer. This is just incorrect information. I love to talk about how tech has treated me well so far and I’m pretty happy with my comp for my age. Pug
+11 If you’re an analyst and in bad a place, keep your head up. The 2 years are up before you know it. If it gets that bad where you are physically and or mentally compromised, then definitely exit early  Managing Director in IB - Gen
+11 Being with your mom is much more important than the last 6 months of a 2yr Associate program. Do you what you gotta do, just ask, but I can't imagine they would really care. m8
+11 Anyone know the name of the blonde chick in the PJS vid? Analyst 1 in IB-M&A
+11 cringiest video i've ever seen in IB throwaway797
+11 I think WSO is actually banning many of the troll accounts but it’s way too easy to make a new one. They need to do one of the following: 1) Make people confirm their email address before commenting / posting JSmithRE2010
+11 Wow, Wharton sounds miserable. Analyst 3+ in HF - Other
+11 It’s actually nuts that people are talking about “exits” from an undergrad investment team Intern in IB - Gen
+11 I drove a 160K car while I was in HS. Marcus_Halberstram
+11 Isaiah you always have the most random shit to contribute haha, I love it. Summer Associate in IB-M&A
+11 I went to Harvard for undergrad so I can chime in here. The most important thing is to choose a major (or concentration) that you will do well in. Deo et Patriae
+11 Venture capitalists don't invest in other managers. They themselves are managers. APAE
+11 I certainly wouldn't put it on every document or email, but I don't hesitate putting it on my LinkedIn, business cards, and my signature for more formal emails. FiloPastry
+11 I am having a similar issue. Does anyone have any advice on how to keep your girlfriend from getting jealous when you bring in a new woman for a threesome? investmentspanker
+11 No worries - happy to answer those questions. I'll preface my comments by saying they're reflective only of my experience. Prospect in IB-M&A
+11 Do coke, eat less. It's that simple. Why else would the stereotype exist? Associate 1 in PE - LBOs
+11 Education and edtech are smaller markets with only a few assets of scale so there are usually not enough deals to become a single large PE firm of scale in the space (unlike SaaS/enterprise software, for example): techthesis
+11 Prop traders.. Nothing more alpha than living and dying by your own sword, making things happen and taking 100% accountability for every decision made on the desk. Wowzer
+11 at least dimon isn't on instagram all day filming himself with his chicken Intern in IB-M&A
+11 I work on the Buyside, but obviously work with sell side for research and stuff. Moneykee
+11 It's not "easy" but it's significantly higher acceptance rate than general pool Analyst 2 in IB - Cov
+11 The only reason I want to get into banking and become an MD is so that when I get mad I can throw the deal toys into the wall out of rage and no one will say anything. I like throwing stuff at walls. Prospect in RE - Comm
+11 Obviously sector-specific but in my experience there are 3 high-level operating principles / assumptions. Associate 3 in HF - EquityHedge
+11 I'm 24 but i've always wondered about this. The image that people had of bankers doing coke on their desks in the 80s doesn't seem realistic to me. craig.owen
+11 I know a guy who fucked someone on his team. he later died of cancer, so I can't say it's a great idea. thebrofessor
+11 Approaching 30 and still don't know what I want to be when I grow up. Anonymous Monkey
+11 BabbabooeyWill HuntingFrom Will Hunting
+11 I am of such a divided mind on social media, the internet, tech sector, Silicon Valley, etc., but what I don't like is how we have framed the tech sector as "technology" and their products as "in I quit this site because of censorship
+11 Once people get to rock their banker bags on subway things will get better mentally  Analyst 1 in S&T - Equities
+11 Hope she doesn’t find this  Teller in Branch - Personal Loans
+11 Nice try BMO Intern in IB - Gen
+11 Boutta come in dressed as the Stig to the next IC meeting Intern in IB-M&A
+11 This isn’t the end of the world and is a learning experience which is a huge part of beginning your career. Honestly, it doesn’t really matter, so I wouldn’t sweat it OP or take it harshly at all. Associate 1 in PE - Growth
+11 Tell me more about the fundamentals! financiallyawkward
+11 Woke culture has created a permanent Witches of Salem trial environment, where we conveniently swap out the highly American and truly liberal “innocent until proven guilty” for the classically Communist China approach of “ Winnfield
+11 This is a daunting task, but this feeling is highly familiar. living_poets_society
+11 This is something you'll almost certainly see if you move along in a process at a middle market PE firm. I know I had to do it with the firm I ended up working at. TheKing
+11 Bofa Just raised Pay for markets & research to 100k, matching bankers Analyst 1 in Research - Other
+11 Analyst 1 110k base -99/10 Analyst 1 in IB-M&A
+11 Your last point (red state deaths since vaccine availability) is the shit I can’t stand, and i think it’s the reason why a lot of people are saying how much they dislike liberals now - because you have just enough knowledg PeterMBA2018
+11 No one has any clue what will happen. Including the people who tell you with extreme confidence what's going to happen. ResMan
+11 When my dad died of complications with dementia and then pneumonia (the old man’s friend), I saw him the last time he was conscious before the morphine took over. odog @digitalimmortality.com
+11 Delete MacroJunkie
+11 novid I'm going to be incoming freshmen at Cornell University That’s pretty cool. Are you Siamese twins?  Isaiah_53_5 💎🙌💎🙌💎
+11 BRK.A exlurker
+11 I interned with this Chinese kid at a credit fund my sophomore year. He could speak fluent english, but lacked any sort of social awareness in terms of communication skills. freddiekane
+11 Alright, let me ask a question about your question. What about the quality gauge on the other forums of WSO? Is it just off-topic that's bothering ya'll? Mr_Agree_to_Disagree
+11 Michelle was literally a homeless advocate and was murdered. There's no dealing with these animals anymore.  You are very naive. calvincoolridge
+11 This just cements what many on this forum have started to realize, which is that Barclays is probably the best BB for junior level experience besides GS/MS/(probably) JPM: Incoming Analyst in IB-M&A
+11 It's funny you say that because I come from a family of union carpenters, so not a privileged background like most people in IB, and another team in my office was working with a company that had all union workers and I had VP in IB-M&A
+11 Updating with latest numbers! Bank Type: European BB [CS/Barclays/DB/UBS] Desk: FICC Financing 2021 Title: VP1 2021 Base: $180K  bobbersonbob49
+11 OP, for what its worth, I want my MDs to see therapists....... Analyst 1 in IB - Gen
+11 Appreciate the write up but after half a year of doing this and being everyone’s “guy.” I stopped giving a fuck. Not responding to emails for hours and such. Analyst 1 in IB - Cov