I am new to this forum and seeking some career advice. I came here becauase I have found a lot of post to be helpful. Some quick background: I graduated this past May (average business school) with a degree in finance. I have had an internship in the wealth management division of a medium sized bank and an internship at an endowment fund for equity research (analyzing small and mid cap stocks). My first real job post college is in operations for one of the largest hedge fund administrative firm. I have begun studying for my CFA L1 and very confident I will pass.
Believe it or not my career goals are not to stay in operations forever, crazy I know. I would like to transfer to the research/analysis side and eventually be a PM. After my internships I know that is what I would like to do. People I networked with while at school/interning (a very strong skill I developed in college) were mainly PMs. They all recommended I get a CFA L1, get my feet wet in the real world, gather a few connections at work, and then try and transfer. Any advice on steps I should take in my career to obtain those goals (positions/firms I should target)? Timelines along the way as well?
Sorry. 3.75 with Magna Cum Laude Honors. Didn’t think that bizarre. Thought most people on this site would be above a sexual joke and understand the Latin Honors system
I do have strong networking skills and those connections have been remarkably helpful so far in my career. I came here to compare advice I have been given by said connectinos and people on this forum who seem to also be knowledgable. While I appreciate the humor (the 30/70 joke was good I’ll give you that), please only post serious comments going further. AnalystForum is not my online destination for daily humor.
I wasn’t inferring that you were a good networker… I was more or less pointing out how ridiculous it is that you were being critical of someone else’s perceived “personality issues”