We hired a summer intern who happens to be the son of our biggest institutional client, and he’s already being handed the good assignments. He doesn't even know how to properly format a spreadsheet, but the senior guys are treating him like the next prodigy just to keep his dad happy. How do you stay motivated to outwork everyone when the game is clearly rigged from the start?

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Is he at least keen to learn? Best you can do is help shape him so he's not completely hopeless/useless.

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