Does anyone else find it absolutely hysterical that people group MBB/FAANG/PE/VC for the prestige-oriented folks and they never include BB IB 🤣

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It’s not so important a topic that I feel passionate about it.

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Yeah because being a 40 year old MD responding to emails at 12am on daily basis is prestigious.

Let’s not forget BB IB is the definition of client service where you bend over backwards for clients asks given you’re not billing hourly.

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It's 2021, not 1987. Lionizing IB is so pre-2008.

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IB is a stressful and unattractive job for a lot of people despite the pay. We been knew

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It’s because consultants overall are .... kind of dull. The real players know IB to PE is where the riches are made.

Not your faang Pm or MBB churn and burn.

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How much is analyst at a PE firm bringing in? TC estimates?

I’m making 130k all in right now @A1

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