I finished my MBA and looking for a career in finance/accounting. I am located in Northern California, any tips or advice?

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Is your MBA from an ivy-league university?

If not you may have a hard time competing with ivy-league individuals like me. I am a strategic investment analyst/managing director (Investment Banking) at Goldman Sachs in San Francisco, California. I have a AB in Economics with Summa Cum Laude Honors, MBA with Summa Cum Laude Honors, and a JD with Summa Cum Laude Honors from Harvard University. I am only 29 years old and a minority (African-American and Moroccan Male). Northern California attracts a lot of ivy-league individuals.

is this a troll? hahahaha what's going on

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I been with the company since I was 18 years old as a summer investment banking analyst in New York then transferred to San Francisco, California after I graduated from HBS and Harvard Law at 24 years old. The competition is very fierce in Northern California and most of the time they pick top candidates from ivy-league universities.

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