Investment Banking, Private Equity, Hedge Fund Career Advice
Before COVID, Florida was seen as a place where old people go to retire. It was never a place where people thought they could build a good career as there weren’t many high paying finance jobs for young professionals. Even today, NYC is still arguably the best place to start a career right after college, […]
With all the articles online talking about the tens of millions of dollars hedge fund managers make, everyone thinks that working at a hedge fund is the easiest path to get rich. Young investment banking analysts fresh out of undergrad dream about breaking into the buyside and think it’s the promise land. In reality, while […]
Work / life balance is one of the biggest concerns for college students when starting a career in finance. For a college educated person in the US, there are so many different paths a person can take in their careers. Whether it’s a traditional Fortune 500 big company corporate finance, investment banking, venture capital, or […]
The most important part of the private equity interview is the case study round. After meeting a few people and going through a number of interviews, you will most likely get hit with a case study where you have to analyze whether a company is a good leveraged buyout target or not. Your performance during […]
If your ultimate dream is to break into investment banking and then later break into private equity or a hedge fund, then by just reading this blog you’re on the right track. About Buyside Hustle After growing up in a small town of <30K people, I went to a “semi-target” undergraduate school where I majored […]
It’s a bloodbath out there. There is no question about it. Revenues at investment banks are down 50%+ year over year as rising interest rates and slowing economic conditions have put a complete pause on most M&A activity around the world. It’s crazy how an industry can go from having an insanely good record year […]
If you landed a job in finance right out of college, you will likely be incredibly happy by the amount of money you make as a 21/22-year-old. Unless you grew up rich with high expectations, making $100-200K right out of school is a great start to a career and sets you up well with building […]
Ah private equity, the promise land after investment banking. Every year, hundreds of fresh investment bankers try to break into private equity. But which private equity firms should you work hard to get a job at and which private equity firms should you avoid? These days in your early 20s, everything is all about prestige […]
You don’t realize how much people actually make in finance until you work in the industry. Yes, sure you can make around six figures at some of these fortune 500 corporate finance role or be an investment banking analyst making close to $200K a year just a year out of undergrad, but that’s not where […]
To many, distressed investing sounds a lot more complicated than it actually is. Given there are not any great resources online on distressed debt investing, I figured I’d write a basic overview based on my experience investing in distressed debt securities. Most people break into the buyside via the traditional investment banking path where you […]