Kind of just posting to vent but a little upset not sure if I should have been upfront that I don’t know what I’m doing. Been in FDD for about 4 months and only did about 2 weeks of deals near the beginning just ad hoc tasks and didn’t really run anything myself. Then after about two months on the bench I start sharing a deal with a senior who is now gone on vacation. Just feel like I’m letting the SM down because I have to double check the missing seniors work and missed a few numbers while

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Hey it’s going to be okay. I am new is FDD as well on my third month and most times I feel hopeless. Others on my team have reassured me by saying you really start catching on 6-12 months in. Most important thing for me is not spinning my wheels and raising my hand when I don’t know how to do something. I think mgmt appreciates that I am not wasting my time, or theirs.

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Appreciate it!

MM (A&M, FTI, HL) firm busy rn - 8 am to 9 pm straight billable
But I know plenty who aren’t - just economy right now isn’t good

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FDD has a tough learning curve but after that it’s pretty much regurgitating the same analysis deal after deal

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Yea, it’s strange. The first year was like drinking from a fire hose. By the time I left, I feel like the work was pretty easy, just time demanding.

Trying to figure out what I’m doing for my own work and just feel overwhelmed like a failure. I missed a stupid check on a tab I pulled numbers from but I trusted the other persons work and just feel stupid and like a failure

Also not sure why I’m a coach idk shit. Thanks folks

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I’m an SM - been around a long time. You’ve been here 4 months; you don’t have to say anything and we know you have no idea what you’re doing. You’re learning. We all did. If I were the SM in this position, you wouldn’t have let me down at all - that’s an expectation for now that you’re still learning how to even use check figures let alone get it right all the time. Try to let yourself off the hook - the rest of us are. Btw - I’m a high performing deal lead and am also on the bench - don’t let it get to you. Things are weird right now.

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You joined during bad market. Since the deal flow is slowing down, inexperienced folks are not getting staffed as before.

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Yes, it’s not abnormal for a senior to screw up. When you come across a mistake/issue/something confusing, be sure to just flag it and bring it up to your senior/manager/director in a relatively timely manner. Frankly, they’re not going to expect a new associate to fix an error that a senior was capable of making. Try not to stress too much; we’re all human

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2 months on the bench? Damn why was that

Things are slow 🤷🏻‍♂️
I know a senior who spent 3 months

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