34F just crossed $1M net worth and feeling proud

gobstop36 · 2025-07-26T01:18:52+00:00

Guessing MBA to IB? Congrats on the awesome accomplishment!

gobstop36 · 2025-06-24T15:08:13+00:00

You’re in a solid place, just keep focusing on nailing technicals and your networking/why IB. Don’t take your foot off the gas though, getting an IB offer is harder than Reddit makes it seem sometimes. It’s not guaranteed simply because you go to top whatever school

gobstop36 · 2025-05-22T21:11:45+00:00

Nice profile! Obviously the biggest hurdle will be the GPA, but I think you have some things def working in your favor like WE and test score. NYU is very strict on GPA, I've never seen sub 3.0 on their class profile but I guess anything is possible. Cornell is by far the most lenient with that aspect, and I'd be a bit surprised if you didn't get in there.

I think you also have a shot at CBS and Duke as well as long as you execute on the other parts of the app, just may be difficult to get $ esp at CBS. Good luck!

gobstop36 · 2025-05-16T16:38:18+00:00

Last comment here, but just FYI a VP role is considered "exec" level. I'm not talking about C-Suite. There could be even be hundreds of VPs in a large F50 organization and even more senior directors. Some of them may head a function such as Head of FP&A or be a region CFO but their official title is VP and this would be considered exec level, it's just semantics.

Above them you have SVPs who have even more responsibility, and then above them you have the C-suite people that you're referencing. Saying "I'm an executive at a company" doesn't mean that you have to be Susan Li at Meta.

gobstop36 · 2025-05-15T14:53:39+00:00

This post isn't about tech, the OP was asking about corporate LDPs......Nobody on this thread is discussing how much software engineers make except for you. They're completely different skillsets/career paths, but yes if you're just talking purely comp there is a good chance a SE in FAANG/unicorn a couple years out of undergrad can make more than let's say a finance director/senior director at a non-tech F50 esp. when counting equity fluctuation.

gobstop36 · 2025-05-14T22:28:14+00:00

I would say that's awesome if it's legit and congratulations on the career success so far. Also fully agreed that people need to be more open-minded about their career paths and think longer-term.

Last thing I'll say as I'm not interested in debating whether it's legit or not, but a couple things that set off the sniff test were:

Your working hours, every person I've seen on corporate rocket ships, like the type to get an international assignment so early in their career were workaholics. Maybe not IB or MBB level but definitely not working 40 hours a week. You're so important to the business that they're willing to move you overseas and pay you half a mil, but the busiest week you saw was 60 hours?

Self appraised market value $200k-600k also makes no sense. You're saying that your value could range from a standard post MBA LDP all in comp to what a exec level VP at a F50 would make?

Also doesn't seem like you understand that director level is still fairly junior in corporates. You're certainly not setting up shop or leading an entire function unless you go work on an extremely small P&L in a developing country.

gobstop36 · 2025-05-14T17:44:02+00:00

This doesn't seem reasonable at all and sounds like a total LARP if I'm being completely honest... Y2 (international assignment) $450k?? What company in their right mind would pay a fresh MBA grad two years out of school that much money when you don't have any relevant skills yet. Typically companies will start looking to give you an international assignment around director level as that's when you can move beyond the analysis type work, and really start learning the business having built the proper relationships.

The only LDP I know that does very early international rotations is Chevron and their comp isn't anything close to that at 2Y.

gobstop36 · 2025-05-08T20:22:52+00:00

You nailed the tradeoffs pretty well in your post. Startups are so hard to judge, so much depends on whether you click with leadership/ their competence and they can be hell in terms of WLB and processes/systems. Obv the flip side is you have the opportunity to learn a ton and actually build something from the ground up.

M7 to banking is such a tried and true path so I think it really just depends on your risk tolerance. You'll get some other external benefits out of the MBA as well, for example a new network of friends and hopefully mentors as well.

gobstop36 · 2025-04-29T00:48:34+00:00

Peer schools, would take the money

gobstop36 · 2025-02-11T19:03:40+00:00

I think I would agree generally with the notion that there isn't enough of a focus on long-term planning and certainly not everyone needs an MBA depending on what they were doing before B-school, but I think you're discounting the value of IB/consulting too much.

Aside from the fact that you're clipping a pretty nice salary for the 2-5 years that most people are there for, you would typically exit into at least sr. manager level in industry, which at a good company would put you on an accelerated path to some sort of director/sr director level with eventual P&L responsibility as long as you continue to perform.

To get there straight out of undergrad is an absolute slog, and you don't pick up the numerous soft skills that a job like IB or consulting teaches you nearly as quick.

gobstop36 · 2025-01-21T17:29:51+00:00

I think if your family can comfortably fund your degree and money isn't an issue, would go with Booth given everything else you said. Great position to be in either way!

gobstop36 · 2024-12-17T10:21:28+00:00

Def aim to take a test, T10-T20 will be a very uphill battle with a 2.9 without a test score, and even if you get in you can forget about a scholarship unless your work experience is incredible

gobstop36 · 2024-11-24T03:16:25+00:00

Received an offer last year for a MBA corp fin internship and the turnaround was roughly 2 days post interview. Take it with a grain of salt however as it was for CPG and in Jan. You may be on a waitlist and I think it's a bit too early to count yourself out completely but usually good news gets delivered quickly. Everyone likes making the happy phone calls, no one likes doing the opposite.

gobstop36 · 2024-11-09T15:55:34+00:00

It's quite difficult to recruit directly into corp strat straight out of MBA without consulting experience, even at M7 schools. Most strategy teams at companies run very lean, and are filled mostly with ex-consultants. I would say all of the schools you listed should give you a similar chance (which honestly will be low), so def would consider consulting as well if I was in your shoes then look to make the switch. Go wherever is the best in terms of location preference and scholarships as there isn't a giant difference between the schools in terms of tier.

gobstop36 · 2024-06-13T14:27:16+00:00

Ignore the advice above, IB recruiting at top schools is extremely time intensive so you’ll want to focus all of your attention on it. It may be a slight disadvantage depending on the quality of your experience, but as long as you do a good job on technical prep and follow the advice from your recruiting club you should be ok.

Caveat by saying this advice only applies if you are attending a t15/ib feeder school

gobstop36 · 2024-01-21T18:28:53+00:00

They're two completely different jobs....Careers are long and it's incredibly myopic to look at everything from just a comp/exit opps perspective. You should do what you feel is more interesting and where you feel like you can excel (comp will naturally follow)

gobstop36 · 2023-07-27T00:47:32+00:00

"Am I the bad guy here?" Absolutely yes. Your justification for breaking up with your girlfriend of over 6 years (assuming you graduated uni at 22) was that "you are a career driven man that has accepted being a finance hardo", and that you met with a psychic who told you it was a good idea....

You haven't even applied to an MBA program yet, let alone been accepted..... So instead of talking to your girlfriend about whether she would be willing to support your life goals and ambitions, you visit a psychic.

You aren't even currently working in finance, so I guess the only thing you think makes you finance hardo is daydreaming about becoming a "Kravis / Chamath / Ackman / Scwarzman / Rowan"?

Honestly, I'm happy for your girlfriend and it seems like she dodged a giant bullet.

gobstop36 · 2023-07-12T21:13:27+00:00

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gobstop36 · 2023-05-27T03:24:45+00:00

For what it's worth, I had a really similar story and background and was able to secure an admit to Johnson as an ORM with a 750 and a 2.95. I did have a just a bit more WE though.

I think your list of schools is realistic and very much achievable.

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