Pop quiz time. One important question that might help you land a six-figure job managing money on Wall Street.
Q: What is required to break into the investment management business right out of undergrad?
A. Degree from a “target school.”
B. High GPA.
C. Complete recall of Liar’s Poker and Wall Street.
D. All of the Above.
E. None of the Above.
In this post I interview a buy side equity analyst who broke into the investment management business with very little work experience. Today he is a CFA charterholder and recently moved to a new asset management firm with a big bump in pay for all his hard work.
You’ll learn from him what it takes to break into the investment management business, what the day-to-day work is like, as well as the compensation and potential exit opportunities that might await.
What about the answer to the question above?
I’ll get to that at the end plus give you some key takeaways that can be applied to your career. But first, see if you can figure out the answer on you own by reading the interview.
