How do you approach giving advice to younger women looking to break into investment banking when your experience has been negative/extremely toxic? I receive many LinkedIn messages from women looking to chat on my experience but am not sure how to respond appropriately.

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I don’t sugar coat it, instead talking them through my experience what I learned and how they can learn from my mistakes

I try hard to not absolve the system of its “sins” - I had a mentor tell me “boys will be boys” when I told her about an MD hitting on me. That was demoralizing as can be

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I try to be encouraging - I’ll tell them it isn’t for the faint of heart but like to use the phrase “if not you, who?”

I also remind them them only need to stick it out a year or two and then they’ll have a bulge bracket name that everyone will know on their resume and it’s an automatic talking point.

Also tell them to be careful who they confide in, never talk ill of anyone in the industry, and to document all the work they do

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I wish someone had been honest with me when I first graduated and was breaking into the market. I absolutely hated those months of my life being in investment banking. However, I was able to learn valuable skills including resilience that I now use in my current field.

I agree in not sugar coating, helps newer folks know what they are getting into

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