PackDaddy
Don Juan
Going into my senior year of college and shooting for corporate finance. Is there any one out there who wouldn't mind answering some questions?
"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
Any investment bankers out there?
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"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
sharkbeat
Master Don Juan
You should read the DJ Bible, you will get your questions answered 
Tictac
Banned
I'm in the advisory side now but have been in finance since the 80's.
Ask away.
Ask away.
Depends on what you want to do. Corporate finance is too broad of an area. What aspects of finance do you like? Few more specifics would be helpful.
There are three key things about career advancement
1. Degrees/Certifications
2. Who you know - Contacts
3. Resume
#2 is ultimately the most important because even without #1 or #3 you can still get good work, but in order to maximize number #2 you usually need #1 and #3
There are three key things about career advancement
1. Degrees/Certifications
2. Who you know - Contacts
3. Resume
#2 is ultimately the most important because even without #1 or #3 you can still get good work, but in order to maximize number #2 you usually need #1 and #3
"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"
You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.
And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.
Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.
The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.
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I am not one but my cousin is an investment banker in Saudi Arabia. He went there to make the money. He makes 500 grand a year. Here in the States he would make a fraction of that. He lives in a compound.
My advice? Go work in Saudi Arabia.
My advice? Go work in Saudi Arabia.
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I can't remember the name of the institution he works for. But he can speak fluent Arabic and several other languages so I'm sure that helps. He came to visit a few months ago and he told me about it. He is making serious bank. I don't talk to him except for that one visit.carrot said:
PackDaddy
Don Juan
I'm interested in M&A. I'm wondering if any of you guys might have any pointers for a non-target college senior. I interned at a boutique M&A shop for a year. I want to get into a bulge bracket if possible though. I'm also a finance major and accounting minor. Any pointers?
I'm not sure what the best route to making connections is.
Oh, and I also interned for Deloitte in their audit practice this summer (hated it-hate accounting).
I'm not sure what the best route to making connections is.
Oh, and I also interned for Deloitte in their audit practice this summer (hated it-hate accounting).
Wanted to add to the above excellent post to include PE, VC, hedge funds, mutual funds, pension funds, turnaround, accounting, law and commercial real estate firms in your self-promotion, networking and job search efforts. Anyone you know or get to know in those areas can be tapped for connections if not actual jobs themselves.
If I had it to do over again, would try to get an entry level job in a deal oriented accounting firm, paralegal for a law firm deal department (corporate, rl estate or insolvency doesn't matter), or corporate law department in a company that does lots of M&A out of college, rather than a position with an Ibank. Then go back to business school in a couple years, then hit up the banks. The experience in a deal infrastructure firm in law, accounting, etc., would be better than entry level in a bank IMO. If you could enter business school being able to close a deal and understanding all the logistics and stages of it, that would be a huge advantage. Also use those interim years to either learn or polish a language skill in serious ways. Good luck.
If I had it to do over again, would try to get an entry level job in a deal oriented accounting firm, paralegal for a law firm deal department (corporate, rl estate or insolvency doesn't matter), or corporate law department in a company that does lots of M&A out of college, rather than a position with an Ibank. Then go back to business school in a couple years, then hit up the banks. The experience in a deal infrastructure firm in law, accounting, etc., would be better than entry level in a bank IMO. If you could enter business school being able to close a deal and understanding all the logistics and stages of it, that would be a huge advantage. Also use those interim years to either learn or polish a language skill in serious ways. Good luck.
“The 22 Rules That Flip the Script With Women… And How You Can Use Them Tonight”
Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.
Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers. Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.
I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.