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Tech background looking for career change
Hi all, this is my first post here. I am currently looking at making a career change to the IB or prop trading world as this has interested me for quite some time. I have an engineering background and about 6 yrs experience in sales and engineering at big tech firms like MSFT and Google. I am...
40 Year Old Career Change Advice needed
Going through this forum with so many grad students I feel downright old at 40 :) I am passionate about investing but consider myself a novice. Lately, I've been getting into developing automated trading systems for forex. My current career is not finance related and my income is decent ~$300k/yr....
My career disaster : please help me!
About me: 29.5 yrs Indian Male BTech(2004-India): Information Technology and then worked for 3 years as database developers MBA(2007/8-UK) and now working as Oracle ERM developer. After finishing my Full time MBA in 2008,I wanted to change career into Banking or Strategy Or anything for that matter...
Changed jobs - some insights
Now that I am on gardening leave and doing fuck all (I'll be travelling in a bit, just have to sort some stuff out). A few things I have learned: - Never stay at a bank more than 4-5 years, always change. - The equity's floor is a mad house, hours are good, people are insane (including yours truly)...
Software developer to mgmt consultant?
I'm a current software developer with 8+ years experience and am considering a career change to management consulting with an IT specialty. Would you have any advice for this transition? (Yes I tried the forum search but didn't find anything relevant) Thanks, Joey
Career change to equity research field
Hi all, I've been read this blog for a long time and have finally to make a post of my own. I'm currently working in the mortgage business as an underwriter and trying to make a career change in equity research . Equity research has been my passion but graduating college in 2009 was not the best...
Best way to move from energy trading to ER?
I posted this in the Asset Management forum as well. Sorry for the double post but this forum might be more appropriate. I'm in my early thirties and have been an energy trader for almost five years now. Purely spec trading. Love macroeconomics and fundamental analysis. I've always had an interest...
Changing from Energy Trading to IM/Research
I'm in my early thirties and have been an energy trader for almost five years now. Purely spec trading. I also trade interest rate futures in my own account, among other commodities. Love macroeconomics and fundamental analysis. I've always had an interest to work at a mutual fund/pension fund doing...
Changing Career
I did my three year stint as a BB analyst and two years working in PE . I am overworked and am exhausted. Everyone is going off to BS now but I don't really want to blow so much money especially if the next jobs will be as demanding as the last two. I am also tired of the excel modeling. Any...
How difficult is for a 32 year-old man to begin a finance career?
Hi everybody! I'm new in this forum, hope i'm doing it the right way! This is my question: I'm a 32-years old CPA , with a bachelor degree in Management and a recent Master in Finance from Argentina. I've been working in the pharmaceutical industry for almost 7 years, basically in the Finance...
Going from BB to second-tier/MM
I left a career in another industry to join a non-traditional team at a BB reporting to a well-known equities MD. However, it has become clear on the basis of comp and lack of clear progression that I am seen as being in a support function in spite of having a lot of behind-the-scenes...
Seeking advice - Employed at a very large inter-dealer broker
I'm 28 and currently employed at a very large inter-dealer broker as an Engineer. (NYC) I've been contemplating changing my career path to brokering\trading. I have a degree in Finance & Investments from CUNY Baruch. How difficult would it be to transition to the finance side? I currently make 75k +...
Recent college grad looking to switch careers....am i nuts?
Hi everyone,
Investment Banking vs. Money Management
This is a bit of a new territory for me and would love people's insights, especially for those of similar background or know of people who made a similar career change. I started my career in investment banking at an established/well-reputable bank, doing an internship in the M&A group in my third...
purgatory
It seems like all the entry level recruiting is exclusively done at the undergrad level. anyone have any idea on how a recent grad, with experience in a non-finance industry and an advanced degree in economics/theoretical finance weave into the industry? in case it makes a difference; my undergrad...
advice needed for how to land a job in finance industry.
Hello, guys Need some serious help here. I have a master degree in finance from a non-target school, no MBA , and have been working as a market analyst for past two years in a high-tech company. However, want to shift to financial industry, start from financial analyst. But given my background, what...
For the brave souls that made it...
I am new to the forum but have been lurking for a while. This forum has been very informative, and has helped me decide to change careers into IB . Since I don't have a "traditional" background like most of the bankers on here seem to have, I was planning on using an MBA to break into the industry....
Best way to break into the world of finance?
I went to a state school (3.3 gpa, got NSF grants, etc.), did some contract work in my field (archaeology), and have been working for a law firm as a secretary/assistant/paralegal for almost two years now to see if I wanted to become a lawyer, and I do not. Accordingly, I'm looking to change careers...
ibanking resume with PE experience
hey guys.......i graduated college 2 years ago and enrolled in dental school but due to an injury last year involving my wrist i am in the middle of switching careers.....i am open to anything in finance as long as it involves the healthcare industry sector (including biotech/pharma)....preferably,...
Investment Banking/ Asset Management to MBB
Hi Quick question on changing careers. I completed my M&A graduate programme and am now in an investing role at a pension fund, and want to move into consulting at MBB (general consulting as opposed to any specific department). I would be applying for a experienced hire position, and as I have 5...
Screw Wall Street – Panhandling’s the way to go.
Looking for a drastic career change (and maybe to relocate)? A recent report shows that Canada is cracking down on what they call “professional panhandling” in the city of Edmonton. According to the article, some of these people are making $400 a day. Not bad – if they never take a day off...
Suggestions on interesting/atypical careers
Hello all- I'm a former IBD analyst who is now considering what to do next and for a career. My background is: finance + accounting in undergrad. Two years at a bulge bracket bank. Got good deal experience and have good references there. Also briefly worked at a startup investment firm. Took the...
Resume Critique - Career Changer
Hello, I'm looking to break into the finance industry and I need some resume advice. Currently, I'm working at a large aerospace/defense company focusing on operations/manufacturing (first thing listed in experience). I graduated from an ivy and the few blocked out titles are engineering focused...
Resume Review: Career Change into IB
I'm a 2007 grad, looking to switch careers into investment banking. Please provide feedback re: the feasibility of this (assuming analyst position with boutique or MM firm, or with BB in Russia) before an MBA , and the content/format of the resume itself. Brutal honesty, please. I need a realistic...
Career switching
Looking for some advice from folks who've been there. I’m in my mid 30's and interested in switching careers. I’m currently a professor at a top 20 MBA program that sends a lot of students to Wall Street. I’ve taught classes in accounting and finance and am very familiar with LBO modeling. I...
Bonus/raise schedule if hired off-cycle
If you receive an offer to join a firm in Jan/Feb as an analyst, therefore you join out of cycle (ie: not in the Summer), is a stipend bonus paid with the rest of the analyst class in July? Is a raise given after a year, or with the analyst class? Lastly, if you do get your bonus at a different time...
FI sales/trading guy hoping to break into AM.....advice pls
Ladies and gents, After years of fixed income institutional sales and some mortgage trading , I'm hoping to transition into the AM field as an analyst. I've always been more interested in the analytical side of investment decision making but a steady paycheck kept me in the sales gig. That said...
Is it too late to get into trading
Hi Everybody, I would like to ask if it is too late to get into trading . I have a major in Philosophy with courseworks in Foundations of Mathematics and in Logic and also deep theoretical knowledge in Sociology. My GPA is 3.9. Recently I took the calculus sequence, linear algebra, differential...
What should I do? - Currently at a no-name boutique
I am currently at a no-name boutique (into my second year) and I have recently received an offer at a Tier-2 boutique bank ( I consider Evercore , Greenhill , Moelis , etc. as Tier 1). My current firm has given me awesome experience thus far but the experience is declining but I like the people a...
Should I go to Columbia Law
Should I go to Columbia Law School? How hard is it to start a career in finance (capital markets) considering CLS's prestige and coursework in securities law, etc. after finishing a JD? Also do the banks care much about class rank like big law? I've heard it a million times- don't go to law school...
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