Nicholas Lam’s path to Morgan Stanley equity research is anything but typical.

From culinary school to Ivy League — and now to high finance. 👨‍🍳 ➡️ 📊

In this episode, Nicholas shares:

• How culinary school helped him stand out in interviews

• His secret to insanely high networking conversions

• How he landed double-digit superdays — many without networking

• Why personal connection beats transactional outreach

• What made him choose research over banking

Whether you're at a top school or just want to learn how to truly connect in coffee chats,

Nicholas breaks down what worked — and what didn’t — on his journey to MS.

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WHAT IS WSO ACADEMY?

It's a 12-week program to dramatically increase your odds of landing a 6-figure+ role in high finance...

What’s included?

💥 GUARANTEED offer in high finance

🎓 Full course library for life (over $4k+ of content)

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🧠 1:1 work with Head Mentors on TMAY + behavioral questions

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IS WSO ACADEMY FOR YOU?

Yes, if any of the below sound like you:

✅ You want to break into investment banking but don’t know where to start

✅ You've applied to 100+ jobs and heard nothing back

✅ You’re not sure how to network effectively

✅ Your technicals or behavioral answers need work

✅ You’re not from a target school or have below a 3.7 GPA

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WSO Academy is the largest online finance community with 1M+ members and 20M+ annual visitors.

The 50+ head mentors in the program were handpicked from 1,300+ finance pros.

They’ve helped thousands break into Wall Street careers over the past decade.

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