How much ass kissing do you have to do to succeed in finance?

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Let's be real, you have to do a fair amount. You have to put up with ridiculous requests from bankers and clients, buy in to the office culture, face time, etc.

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*sucking

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You can lick assholes for a living but if you suck at your job it ain't gonna help and you would've just licked a lot of ass for no reason

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Ridiculous requests are a part of any job. Buy into office culture? I enjoy my group's culture plenty.. face time is hardly relevant in my group. Maybe I'm lucky but hasn't been a problem in our group

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So far 2.75 years in... 0

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