Wall Street Oasis

Member @mentorX shares his path going from one of the largest technology companies in the world and then using an MBA to pivot into the asset management industry at not one, but two top bulge bracket banks. Learn about the compensation structure and how convoluted it can be at these larger firms to why he jumped ship several times in his career as well as his one piece of key advice to young listeners still mapping out their career. 

Member @grbarasia shares his unique path that landed him in equity research, M&A and now a family office running private deals and a global macro fund. Listen to find out why he graduated NYU at 19 years old only to go directly for his MBA at Cornell. How he ended up eventually breaking into M&A at Lazard in New York, but only after stints in equity research in Tampa. 

In this episode, Paul Millerd explains how he went from a non-target school to a research associate position at McKinsey. Listen how he managed to break in even after getting officially rejected and how he ended up at BCG after getting his MBA at MIT. We learn how he has now left the formal strategy consulting positions behind and started a new life where work isn't the number one priority.

Member @The Pharma Guy shares his path from a hard science biomedical degree all the way to pivoting to a Masters in Management and eventually breaking into a top healthcare strategy consulting firm. Learn how much he makes now and why he chose to work in strategy consulting over investment banking.

Member @FloridaMan shares his meteoric rise in his short career on Wall Street. Learn how he got over $150,000 in compensation as a first-year analyst and over $200,000 as a second year. In this episode, we follow his path a large state school in Florida to a bulge bracket investment bank, all the way to a family-owned private equity fund and finally to his most recent landing spot, a traditional private equity buyout fund. Make sure you stay to the end to learn his best piece of advice is and what "ABR" means.

Member @Odyssy2112 shares how he has survived a monstrous debt load, horrible timing and some unforgiving industries including investment banking at Jefferies and an internal corporate role at Barclays. One wise piece of advice on what you should optimize for and some humorous stories along the way.

Member @shaynepunim2 shares her path as a Big 4 tax consultant to leaving the work-force for an extended period of time to help raise her two kids. How she broke back in and advice she'd give to her younger self. 

Member @Mentor1119 shares her path from a non-target university to breaking into a bulge bracket investment bank. We cover why she decided to go into finance, how she leveraged certain programs to give her a leg up in recruiting as well as the group dynamics involved during her summer analyst stint. Why she eventually left to go to the buy-side, why she bombed a case interview and one tip on how to avoid the same fate. 

Member @john_quant shares his path coming from an engineering background to landing in the hedge fund industry. Learn how he's managed to pivot successfully three times as several risky senior quant positions at hedge funds didn't work out as hoped. Find out how he came out relatively unscathed and what he recommends to younger listeners trying to position themselves as traders.

Member @coder32 shares his path from a non-target background to a lower middle-market (LMM) private equity shop in the south. Learn how commercial lenders are getting very aggressive with pricing and covenants to win deals and when he knew it was time to make his jump to private equity.