bigbossman

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   by bigbossman 13y ago

   On my first day of work (FT, not internship), a director pulled me into his office, closed the door, and said, "Look, this job really isn't that hard." And he was right. Attitude is what separates good bankers from bad banker
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   by bigbossman 13y ago

   I didn't say you could train for an afternoon and perform at the level of experienced bankers. That would be ridiculous. But I was referring to the training of a banking summer intern, and for that narrow job requirement, I stand by
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   by bigbossman 13y ago

   I did M&A at a well known IB, I speak with first hand knowledge. I wonder if you have done a banking internship yet? It doesn't sound like it, because if you did, you would know how the work interns actually do differs from all o
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   by bigbossman 13y ago

   Let's not overstate their qualifications. You could take any smart STEM major with a good attitude and train them to be a good summer intern in an afternoon.
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   by bigbossman 13y ago

   Another point no one has mentioned...banking summer interns almost never do anything critical. If he needed to work 70+ hours straight, he probably was really slow at whatever shit work he was doing. (Young bankers reading this, learn all