Just started new job at BlackRock- no previous Asset/Investment Management experience. Any recommendations for books or tips on how to learn quickly?

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You’re an RM with no experience in investment management?? Lord Jesus there’s so much hope for me

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Welcome to the firm! Would be delighted to connect with you

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Find Director 1, buy him all the coffee he can drink, and soak it all in. The advice, not the coffee.

Also, RM is not rocket science. Nobody wants a relationship with a robot. Just be your most confident self, and if people don't like that, it's possibly not for you.

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Happy to connect and say hi! Especially if you in the Aladdin business

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