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no offense jws but with a 3.3 gpa im surprised you got an interview. At my school you can have an awesome CV but its barely worth applying unless your GPA is over 3.5 [/ QUOTE ] Main reason is that I am at one of the top five universities in the country and a college athlete. I have older friends who were just over a 3.0 in history or polisci which is significantly easier than econ, but as Yale football players had no trouble getting hired two years ago. Very bad year for finance jobs in general. |
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no offense jws but with a 3.3 gpa im surprised you got an interview. At my school you can have an awesome CV but its barely worth applying unless your GPA is over 3.5 [/ QUOTE ] Be an athlete at almost any recruited school and they go easy on the GPA "requirement." |
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I'm sooooooooo glad I didn't go into I-banking. Life/work balance ftw + competitive salary and I work on much cooler projects that cash flow projections ;p
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hell, the GS in Chicago recruits from kids who go to DePaul as well [/ QUOTE ] lol for private wealth, not ibanking |
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why would anyone choose i-banking over sales/trading? not flaming, just wondering. is the money that much better to justify working almost twice as many hours? [/ QUOTE ] because people aren't good at trading? |
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[ QUOTE ] why would anyone choose i-banking over sales/trading? not flaming, just wondering. is the money that much better to justify working almost twice as many hours? [/ QUOTE ] because people aren't good at trading? [/ QUOTE ] I think the prime reason is that trading is such a specific skill set. You learn how to trade and nothing else. I wouldn't want to trade for the rest of my life, so I am interested in doing something that teaches me a ton and opens up opportunities rather than limits them. |
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] why would anyone choose i-banking over sales/trading? not flaming, just wondering. is the money that much better to justify working almost twice as many hours? [/ QUOTE ] because people aren't good at trading? [/ QUOTE ] I think the prime reason is that trading is such a specific skill set. You learn how to trade and nothing else. I wouldn't want to trade for the rest of my life, so I am interested in doing something that teaches me a ton and opens up opportunities rather than limits them. [/ QUOTE ] Definitely a good reason, another thing to consider is the significantly more stable line of income. It's not like trading is easy money. |
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Is there anyone doing private wealth or planning to go into that?
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I don't go to DePaul, but live in Lincoln Park and apparently a finance professor there used to be VP @ Goldman Sachs, and a few of his students have gotten offers there
[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] why would anyone choose i-banking over sales/trading? not flaming, just wondering. is the money that much better to justify working almost twice as many hours? [/ QUOTE ] because people aren't good at trading? [/ QUOTE ] |
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What are the different opportunities available as a trader? Any outside of the Northeast? I am a senior level programmer in the pharma industry and am considering a career change. Trading interests me the most, I feel I can be very profitable for an employer and have a skill set well suited to trading. I only have 1 year personal experience, with records, but have solid triple digit return trading options. I know 1 year means next to nothing, but it's all I have. Any advice appreciated. Long time lurker.
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