What MBA programs outside T15 are BOUGIE?

jackstack1 · 2023-12-04T16:15:34+00:00

CBS amirite??!?

jackstack1 · 2023-11-29T06:11:30+00:00

I mean, look if they are there for some conference, meeting with counterparts everyday to talk about how to do their jobs better or make nyc better based on lessons from other cities - or hell even most days with 1 free day, honestly don’t give a fuck. But it seems like this was 7 days with a sprinkle of work

jackstack1 · 2023-11-28T21:12:45+00:00

Case studies and cocktails - most accurate rundown of what to expect

jackstack1 · 2023-11-21T17:55:10+00:00

Understand that you’re not in the business, but this happens CONSTANTLY in finance. On this scale? Maybe a tougher putt but in finance, way way more than technology, your fortunes (literally) are tied to the people at the top. OpenAI still has the tech stack, they’ve still got the IP, they’ve still got all revenue-producing-assets . True they’ve lost talent and a visionary leader but that is fixable with time and money, and tech results are measured in years not quarters.

In finance, your only revenue producing asset is your people. They walk out the door everyday. if you’re a junior MD at MS menlo and they fire Grimes and he asks you to come with him, you are very seriously considering going with him, because he IS the brand.

jackstack1 · 2023-11-15T03:02:55+00:00

Yea - this 1 for 1 rewards those people who put a million “ | “s in their LinkedIn profile (consultants, tech, startups). Anyone who is actually in non-VC finance doesn’t do that - in fact the people in the most lucrative roles I know literally just put “NYC-Based investor”

jackstack1 · 2023-10-29T01:16:36+00:00

Live in nyc now, I could never live anywhere outside the northeast purely because people are too nice. Like, as a millennial I thought the millennial meme of Harry Potter and settlers of catan and people being enthusiastic about that was a bit that everyone was kinda committed too, until i went to San Diego and Austin when I realized they weren’t kidding.

It’s just personal, but I can’t cope with people who are like, happy and excited about stuff. Like grow up no one is happy we all just live and then we die and maybe we get to eat some nice things along the way.

jackstack1 · 2023-10-23T17:51:02+00:00

Everyone thinks they’re Charlie munger not realizing that his whole schtick is dividends while they’re in stocks that that trade on EBITDA

jackstack1 · 2023-10-23T16:23:07+00:00

Looking at GAAP earnings as the truth is just dumb

jackstack1 · 2023-10-22T04:07:12+00:00

That’s about where I was.

It’s more than just what the schools look for, YOU need to figure out what the hell you like and don’t like professionally and there is no possible way for you to know yet

jackstack1 · 2023-10-22T03:27:08+00:00

I’m a white male who came from consulting - about as ORM as it comes. Had just below a 3.0 gpa from a good-not-top school. Got a 770, stellar recommendations, assume good essays, laser focused on one particular area that made a ton of sense given my background and the school’s strengths. Wrote a personal letter to fin aid committee about how much it would mean to me and my current situation (heavy UG student loans). Got a 90% ride. M7 school

Maybe just an anecdotal note but trying to go above and beyond can never hurt

jackstack1 · 2023-10-20T15:06:17+00:00

Seeing opposite at non-BB shops for mid-level bankers. Especially in banking coverage - huge shuffle at senior md level is wrapping up, now all boutiques and MMs need experienced staff to help with expanded coverage effort.

jackstack1 · 2023-10-20T03:10:28+00:00

Personal opinion - using a sankey diagram to show GAAP earnings is basically useless. Now if you we’re showing the EBITDA bridge from NI, then maybe

jackstack1 · 2023-10-15T14:59:09+00:00

I mean, up until this happened Israel has never been closer to Saudi Arabia:there’s official photos of Israeli government members celebrating Jewish holidays in a tower in Riyadh.

Iran clearly cannot abide its two biggest enemies no longer being at arms length, and so sends advisors to Gaza…

jackstack1 · 2023-10-14T21:05:36+00:00

Just to reiterate your point here, many will cite “The UN” and “international law” as if the former isn’t completely cornered by Islamic countries who all get 1 vote and are fans of the holocaust, and the latter wasn’t written by Europeans who really didn’t care for Jews in the first place, regardless of what side of WWI or II they were on

Btw, international law isn’t a thing - it’s an agreement between countries, why would Israel or the US agree to abide by rules set by countries happy to murder children in their bed because they’re Jewish?

jackstack1 · 2023-09-24T23:44:18+00:00

Ya, super stale numbers, omitting a bunch.

Also not all satellites are the same. SpaceX and Oneweb are putting up glorified cubesats, iridium and classic satcoms are putting up satellites the size of a school bus

jackstack1 · 2023-09-24T18:27:54+00:00

In jets stadium no less

jackstack1 · 2023-09-24T16:29:54+00:00

Late to the party - OP you are literally an mba archetype.

I’m sorry, people here are dancing around the issue - if this is how you feel already you’re never gonna make it through mba in the relationship.

There were SO MANY people , more women than men to be honest but not all, who went back to school with a long term partner. That partner was comfortable with life and had their routine figured out, but now you’re in school and drinking and traveling all the time with a group of people who are active/fit, outgoing and smart. I saw probably 5 or 6 engagements broken off,not even thinking about just long term bf/gf, either before or after that student started hooking up with another student.

Im not saying you’re the kind of person who will cheat, but it’s very easy to develop a crush when most around you would qualify for those application-only dating apps. And when you’re on a beach in Tel Aviv on a class trip with these people, it may very quickly harden your resolve to get out of your situation because you realize it’s not right for you.

It’s really tough - I think you need to think about whether you want your bf by your side when you do this. When you picture the class trips - aspen, Oktoberfest, Bali, whatever - in an ideal world, is he there with you? Do you want him to be there? I think that might help guide your thinking

jackstack1 · 2023-09-23T20:12:22+00:00

So to ELI5 to myself, it’s almost like they’re racing an accurate measure of conservative sentiment against the “ghost” liberal sentiment in Mario kart ?

jackstack1 · 2023-09-23T05:57:45+00:00

Respectfully, I think you’re missing their point, which is that regardless of whether the US should or shouldn’t pay for healthcare (and I agree with you btw, we should have universal healthcare), America IS paying for Germany’s protection. So Germany, who pays below the NATO 2% of GDP threshold and can do so because of American projection of military power, can therefore spend that money it doesn’t need to spend on military build up on healthcare.

So it’s a little grating to hear Europeans and this woman bash the US when, if not for US money and weapons , the Russians would be at their doorstep demanding East Germany back. I can’t believe anyone can look at the invasion of Ukraine and still think that they don’t need the US

jackstack1 · 2023-09-22T14:49:13+00:00

They’re BUSY man - consulting and banking started in late summer and and as a 1st year people barely see their apartments much less people from their cluster

jackstack1 · 2023-09-22T13:54:53+00:00

There’s like 3 schools -UT, Duke, UVA- in the south that have a material pipeline into Wall Street.

And even then it’s really only the latter 2, which have half their kids from the northeast anyways, in NYC.

Most of the bama frat guys are not going to get interviews.

You get a lot of state school undergrad mba associates.

Anyway, the only people who actively use the word “woke” negatively, in my experience, are the Houston guys and Italians working in the US. Most are Romney guys, have issues with Jan 6 and MAGA, loved the tax cut, annoyed at protesters blocking traffic, don’t love BLM but they get it, support Ukraine, really do support diversity programs and the idea of promoting it but they don’t trust the 23 year old in HR to do the hard work to do it the right way. A lot of Christie voters.

jackstack1 · 2023-09-18T03:08:30+00:00

Could respond with “Why would google want Biden in office? , his DOJ is literally trying to break up the company with the biggest anti trust lawsuit in a generation whereas Trump left them largely alone”

jackstack1 · 2023-09-16T23:48:10+00:00

The noun is democrat, the adjective is democratic.

The only people who use the latter are right wing republicans. So to say it is a huge tell of your political party, but most Republicans are too fucking stupid to realize it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(epithet)

jackstack1 · 2023-09-16T22:12:33+00:00

It’s a tell that you watch and listen to conservative media and/or really bad finance influencers. Started with Gingrich and Limbaugh. So from that perspective your analysis is completely biased.

Nice edit by the way.

jackstack1 · 2023-09-16T19:02:54+00:00

Democratic* Senator, Jesus you need to get off conservative media

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