Wall Street Oasis

Member @REPE shares his incredible story from bouncing between continents for his education to landing at a bulge bracket investment bank on the equity derivatives sales desk in London. Learn how he survived massive cuts during 2008, even when his bosses were trying to make him look bad, to why he jumped to a smaller bank. Why he decided to go back to the US to get his MBA from Wharton and what his passion is now.

Member @ParkAve shares his journey -- From working in sales, using an MBA to pivot into a Fortune 20 FLDP program and his latest move into M&A strategy at a top consulting firm. Learn how much he got paid at each level, as well as the various skills he developed in each stage of his career and how they influenced his path.

Member @BrownChad shares his long and arduous road in investment banking to make it to a reputable firm from two nightmare boutiques. We explore his journey straight from India to an MBA program, culture shock, the perils of working at very small investment banks with toxic culture as well as what he did when the people closest to him began to doubt his path.

Member @crePE shares his unlikely path. How he broke into Goldman's ECM group even with no IB summer internship to why he turned down the analyst to associate promotion offered to him two years later. Why he moved west to start working in Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Institutional Sales in Chicago and how he eventually was able to successfully make the jump to the buy-side at a real estate private equity shop on the west coast. This episode has a lot of great lessons about optimizing your life and I'll hope you'll listen to the advice from this guest and take them to heart. 

Veteran member @Dedline shares his story from struggling with ADHD during high school, surviving college and finding his niche in healthcare enterprise architecture. How WSO gave him context on the level of competition for job interviews, his dramatic jump in pay at his latest role and some wise advice on career paths and specialization. 

Member @ConsultingDetroit shares his path from graduating into an engineering role right before the financial crisis in 2007, getting fired from his first job in under a year and taking on debt to pivot and get an MBA in the evening program. Learn some great unique tips for consulting case interviews, how he learned the best practices as a peer coach and what's in store for him next. Also, since this is Episode #50, I just wanted to take a second and thank all the listeners for sticking with me. This podcast has been super fun and interesting for me and I hope it's given you some value as well. I'm excited for the next 50 episodes on our way to 100! Enjoy.

Member @bmeNerd shares his story about striking out the first time during case interviews at McKinsey to landing the offer the second time around. Find out what changed that made the difference, the challenges pivoting from academia to management consulting as well as advice he'd give to his younger self. 

Member @Layne Stayley, one of the most giving members in all of WSO's history, shares his inspiring path as an engineering student graduating during the Great Recession in 2008 all the way to a post-MBA associate seat in private equity and now VP at a Merchant Bank in the Northwest. He shares how he first broke into consulting out of undergrad during a very tough recruiting environment, his jump to investment banking and how he was laughed out of the room by a PE partner during an info session when he told him that his eventual goal was private equity. Learn how he managed to prove that partner wrong with some simple legwork. Having lived in a lot of different regions and tasted a lot of different industries in his short career, I hope this guest gives you a nice taste of the nuances of each. 

Member @Phillysfinest shares his path from a liberal arts college to working in Nomura's structured products desk. How he got promoted to associate, how much he was paid and why he decided to leave all of that behind to start his own company.

Member @spydahmonkey shares his brave path which led him to move to Chile after graduating undergrad in the US with limited skills in Spanish, a limited network and no full-time experience. We explore how he eventually landed his first break, how he was able to eventually transition to investment banking and what's in store for him next.