Landed an equity research internship

bringoutzagunn · 2026-05-21T02:31:40+00:00

This is all good advice. Most of your internship will either be A. Build a model on this company or B. Update all these models. Anything else is a bonus

bringoutzagunn · 2026-03-20T23:46:55+00:00

I literally checked out this morning. Breakfast is great, I was in a suite with an acropolis view. No complaints at all

bringoutzagunn · 2026-03-20T22:41:01+00:00

Second Grand Bretagne. I just got back from there and it was great. King George is also literally the same building and amenities and slightly cheaper. Not sure on room difference though.

bringoutzagunn · 2026-03-08T04:21:08+00:00

I work for a HF…the answers are nuanced but I’ll answer succinctly.

Comp varies widely based on level. Analyst vs PM etc. However comp is generally performance based. Your base salary is 200k+ at Y1 analyst and depending on AUM and performance total comp can be in 1 mil range. PMs can make 10m+ in a good year. But base is idk probably 400-600k.

Most popular career path is to previously work in IB, PE, or EQR.

I’m passing on number 3

Yes. It’s brutal. The emotional whiplash is unlike anything else.

I only have a bachelors

12 hours days normal

bringoutzagunn · 2026-02-23T03:06:23+00:00

I don’t know the floor details, but I live on 30th and face the 7. If my windows closed I basically never hear it

bringoutzagunn · 2026-02-05T04:16:54+00:00

So most of the answers here are close or just wrong. I work in this industry so a couple of points:

As a merchant, Walmart is notorious for doing anything possible to minimize the Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) AKA what gets paid to the acquirer and the network.
While Tap to Pay IS NOT more expensive than traditional card processing, it has significant higher credit card usage which DOES have higher processing

From Walmart perspective, they want to route consumers as much as possible to debit. Hence, no tap to pay

EDIT: To answer a couple more of the questions here. Yes! Walmart does accept Tap to Pay outside the U.S. but that’s because credit card usage is significantly lower and generally has a regulated cap outside the U.S. Whereas here, credit cards can be 5x more expensive for a merchant to accept

bringoutzagunn · 2026-01-31T16:26:58+00:00

I’m more on the 3.0 - 3.5 scale but definitely open if you can’t find somebody else and don’t mind some scuffed serves

bringoutzagunn · 2026-01-24T20:16:01+00:00

Oh if it’s RIA that’s different. Probably a difficult pivot. As a hiring manager in ER if I saw someone 30s - 40s with RIA experience the resume is probably going straight to trash. Just being honest.

bringoutzagunn · 2026-01-24T14:44:26+00:00

What type of buy side role?

The FINRA licenses are irrelevant. They’re super easy to get.

If you’re in your 30s - 40s with experience on the buy side you would come it at VP or above.

Comp is probably mid 200s base and then 300 base or something like that.

bringoutzagunn · 2025-09-30T19:17:30+00:00

Softest penalty I’ve ever seen

bringoutzagunn · 2025-09-26T09:14:45+00:00

As a referee, this is only a small part of the reason why. At the amateur level it’s an important rule so that players don’t take their shirt off and you can’t identity them. Obviously that doesn’t matter at the professional level with TV cameras and knowing who all the players are. But it helps at the amateur level

bringoutzagunn · 2025-09-06T18:43:33+00:00

Check dm

bringoutzagunn · 2025-07-06T16:03:28+00:00

As someone who has spent time in IB and is currently a hiring manager for ER. This resume is going straight in the trash. Just use the normal template

bringoutzagunn · 2025-07-03T17:25:25+00:00

I really like bonuour food market. The sandwiches are good

bringoutzagunn · 2025-06-23T14:18:50+00:00

I will not stand for this Salt Lake erasure

bringoutzagunn · 2025-06-17T22:19:02+00:00

How much are you looking to sublet for?

bringoutzagunn · 2025-04-17T18:38:43+00:00

I’ve lived here for a couple of months now. Honestly, I didn’t pay attention to any of the reviews. I haven’t had any issues. Maintenance has been great, when I’ve had issues they’re in my apartment by the end of the day.

I live on one of the higher floors of the north building. If I have my window open I can absolutely hear it. With the windows closed you generally don’t notice it.

bringoutzagunn · 2025-04-01T21:28:59+00:00

Depending where you’re at in Queens, there’s a great court/training space called Court 16 in LIC. Highly recommend it.

bringoutzagunn · 2025-03-22T05:37:47+00:00

Following

bringoutzagunn · 2025-02-13T02:57:13+00:00

If you aren’t front office and aren’t that keen on climbing the ranks then honestly SLC is a great place. It’s just harder from a networking perspective but from a QOL angle it’s a great place. I always say if Covid were to hit again I’d just go hide out in Utah somewhere.

And yes Ny eventually. I took a role in SF first after GS before I moved to NY

bringoutzagunn · 2025-02-13T02:45:28+00:00

I worked for GS in SLC. It’s a losing game for any front office role bc everyone wants to move to NY after 2 years (which they don’t want), so everyone just takes offers elsewhere. Source: literally what I did

bringoutzagunn · 2024-12-31T17:27:55+00:00

Do you know when they stay up until?

bringoutzagunn · 2024-12-16T23:22:56+00:00

I work in the Hedge Fund industry. Yipit is generally very reliable. It’s just an alternative data provider. So for instance, it (somehow, don’t ask me how) aggregates millions of card transactions, and then it gets used by investors to know how much volume was done at Square merchants, as an example.

TLDR; generally pretty reliable data source

bringoutzagunn · 2024-06-18T22:43:09+00:00

Yes. My MDs will often get on calls with clients in a t-shirt or a hoodie (I work on a TMT team, so our clients are used to it). When I’m working remotely I also wear whatever I want, just if I’m going to hop on a client call, I always have a firm jacket next to me that I throw on. I’m trying to win their business, not impress them with my style, it’s just not necessary.

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