“Hahah, oh snap! That is hot. Get this though, the other day, this MD accidentally spills coffee on this analyst’s shirt. MD doesn’t really say anything, just goes on working. The analyst is moping around all day whining about his shirt. So finally, the MD drops $100 bill on the analyst’s desk and goes ‘Quit […]

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“I have read Monkey Business, Liar’s Poker, and When Genius Failed each 3 times and consider them my collective bible. I know I have the eye for perfection and artistic vision to create truly immaculate pitch books. I am Microsoft Certified in Excel, and I know all the shortcut keys (alt-i then r, that will […]

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Sometimes you do feel like you’re Gordon Gekko, even though you’re just an Analyst, and other times you get assigned random stupid work like formatting Excel, crossing out names in documents and even manual labor (I’m not making this one up… full story coming later) and you feel like a peon.

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