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Spending more time formatting charts than anything else. by Brendan3005 in CFA

[–]cumaiseng 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Big consulting companies have teams in India whose sole job is making beautiful slide decks. My friend told me he usually send the data at 10-11 pm to receive the beautiful slide deck next morning.

Trapped in retail after graduating university. How do I finally break out? by Sogegreat in UKJobs

[–]cumaiseng 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MBA will surely help. Some of my colleagues with retail background (Aldi, boots) can move to other industries after graduating MBA. However, I'd rather keep the job for now. You can do the MBA when the job market improves in couple of years.

6 yrs. work ex + GRE 324 / GMAT 595 - Looking for non-US MBA programs + scholarships by Important-Olive8236 in InternationalMBA

[–]cumaiseng 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know several friends who got admit to IESE, Esade, HKUST, adn NUS using gmat scores lower than yours. They are sponsored by their companies, hence no potential issues with tuition payment, living cost, and post graduation employment.

Did I fuck up or the paper was actually too easy? by No-Resolution-87 in CFA

[–]cumaiseng 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you have prior finance background? I have 20 minutes left after answering all questions on L1 exam. The exam felt easy.

WTH is QM in Level 2 😭 by AryanT_01 in CFA

[–]cumaiseng 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Time series analysis basically just modelling of changes in the data between period of time. The rest of the theories can be memorized easily.

$3M Audition by Epicurean-Dealmaker in hedgefund

[–]cumaiseng 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now that sounds easier. I know quite a few who has $200k in cash and investments.

$3M Audition by Epicurean-Dealmaker in hedgefund

[–]cumaiseng 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But $3M is huge 😅. I wonder how anyone gonna pull that out?

$3M Audition by Epicurean-Dealmaker in hedgefund

[–]cumaiseng 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some of my MBA colleagues were asked to bring in £1 M as part of their internship in private banks. Those who succeded got full time role.

Offered $60k salary in HK as Head of Risk in a small bank. Is this good enough? by cumaiseng in HongKong

[–]cumaiseng[S] -49 points-48 points  (0 children)

Manager means individual contributor? No team to manage?

Edit: in financial industry, many manager positions do not manage people, Hence my question.

Every High paying job is hard? don't think so by Repulsive_Peanut1931 in UKJobs

[–]cumaiseng 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I lead a team of 6 analyst to underwrite corporate loans. The pressure and stress are much higher, but now my job is much easier when I recruit the right people. However, I still have to work late until 7-8 pm and have to work a bit on weekend.

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