Can you fake it till you make it in IB?

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After dealing with C suite members of serval different companies I am convinced you can fake it until you make it in literally any job

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I’m jw because I have only been in FDD for 2 years, don’t have my CPA, but was offered an IB position at a small boutique firm. Nervous I don’t have the true experience / knowledge.

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Congrats! They saw something in you, so don’t be worried. You’ve got this!

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IB is not a hard job as people make it out to be.

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From my fiends that work in BB IB, 90% of the work isn’t hard, what makes it hard is the volume of work and tight deadlines. Plus a lot of what you work on sometimes doesn’t even get used in the final deliverables so it doesn’t seem rewarding at times.

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Every business job on the planet is fake-able while entry level I think haha.

If you’re worried about your applicable experience helping you in IB, don’t worry you can learn everything in IB. However if you don’t have drive and the ability to manage a high volume workload/stress, then yeah it might be tough

Thank you! Yeah low key I love the grind/am good with dealing with stressful work loads. I’ve accepted the job!

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