Investment Banking, Private Equity, Hedge Fund Career Advice
Before COVID, Florida was seen as a place where old people go to retire. It was never a place where people thought they could build a good career as there weren’t many high paying finance jobs for young professionals. Even today, NYC is still arguably the best place to start a career right after college, […]
Work / life balance is one of the biggest concerns for college students when starting a career in finance. For a college educated person in the US, there are so many different paths a person can take in their careers. Whether it’s a traditional Fortune 500 big company corporate finance, investment banking, venture capital, or […]
If your ultimate dream is to break into investment banking and then later break into private equity or a hedge fund, then by just reading this blog you’re on the right track. About Buyside Hustle After growing up in a small town of <30K people, I went to a “semi-target” undergraduate school where I majored […]
It’s a bloodbath out there. There is no question about it. Revenues at investment banks are down 50%+ year over year as rising interest rates and slowing economic conditions have put a complete pause on most M&A activity around the world. It’s crazy how an industry can go from having an insanely good record year […]
You don’t realize how much people actually make in finance until you work in the industry. Yes, sure you can make around six figures at some of these fortune 500 corporate finance role or be an investment banking analyst making close to $200K a year just a year out of undergrad, but that’s not where […]
For those that have been following this blog, you all know that I started my career a while ago as an investment banker working in an M&A industry group. I went through 20+ interviews and close to 10 superdays. Got rejected over and over again before somehow managing to land an offer during the last […]
Let’s be honest – nobody who starts their career as an investment banker plans to stay for more than two to three years. Throughout your entire life in college, you have had all the freedom in the world to do what you want whenever you want, and working in investment banking throws all that out […]
Growing up in a small town far away from NYC, I had no idea how much you can make in a finance career. Even when I was in college, it wasn’t until I started working in the real work when I realized the amount of money you can make in finance. Working in finance right […]
If you are still in school or early in your career, you are probably trying to figure out what is the best job to pursue to jumpstart your career. Most people have no idea what they want to do, and that is absolutely okay! You should not feel pressured to figure out what you want […]
The majority of what your friends or others who work in investment banking say about their experience is usually a complete exaggeration. People love to talk about how their jobs are so important and how they were working 80-100+ hour weeks for two years straight. However, this is far far from the truth and a […]