It is every investment bankers dream to land a job on the buyside. Private equity is one of the most (if not the most) common exit opportunity for investment bankers. The thought of more pay, less hours and more meaningful work causes a lot of investment bankers to want to make the jump after a […]
List Of The Best Hedge Funds To Work For (2023)
Before breaking into the hedge fund industry, I always thought that everybody who worked at a hedge fund was super successful, smart and very rich. Given how I grew up in a small town far away from New York City, the hedge fund industry was very mysterious to me. Luckily for you there is more […]
7 Best Investment Banking Exit Opportunities
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 […]
8 Best Paying Jobs In Finance Ranked – Wall Street Edition
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 […]
How To Deal With Failure At Work
Once you graduate from college and start living a life on your own, you begin to realize that getting to where you want to be is not that easy. Growing up, everything is pretty much laid out for you – wake up, go to school, do some extracurriculars, finish homework, rinse and repeat. As long […]
Top 10 Reasons to Buy An Apartment In NYC (2020)
When you work in finance for a while, you run into problems that “Rich People” tend to have. One of the biggest questions I am asked by my friends in the industry is what the hell do I do with all the money that I am making. If you are fortunate and landed a job […]
Top Life Lessons from The Ride of a Lifetime (Bob Iger)
I was never into reading books growing up. My parents weren’t big readers so I never developed the habit of reading until after I graduated from college. Hate to blame my parents, but most don’t fully realize the impact your parent’s habits have on you throughout your childhood. Little did I know how much I […]
Is Investment Banking Worth it – Finance Careers?
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 […]
What To Do If You Are Unemployed
These past ten years have been one of the best economic times for the vast majority of Americans. $6 coffee drinks, $30 workout classes, $1000 iPhones, $3,000 per month rent, $5,000 vacations, I mean the list of extravagant things that I see young 20-year-olds spend on can go on and on. Unfortunately, after one of […]
Top 10 Resume Mistakes in Finance
Let’s be honest, nobody is going to read every word on your resume. Given the amount of job applications every firm receives, most hiring managers will spend at most 20 to 30 seconds reading a resume. Because of this, you need to make sure you don’t make stupid mistakes that will get you cut automatically. […]