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mighty kettle Jul 12, 2022, 9:13 PM

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raven quarry Jul 12, 2022, 9:19 PM

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you sure?
https://drw.com/work-at-drw/job/software-developer-intern-2302636/

Software Developer Intern

Software Developer Intern - DRW Careers

mighty kettle Jul 12, 2022, 9:21 PM

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oops

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what was ur gpa if u dont mind me asking

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mine is dog

raven quarry Jul 12, 2022, 9:22 PM

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4.0/4.0

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not a big deal bro

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I think what they value is whether u could crack their OA

mighty kettle Jul 12, 2022, 9:28 PM

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raven quarry I think what they value is whether u could crack their OA

i go to MIT but like 2.3 gpa lol

tawny condor Jul 12, 2022, 9:28 PM

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da heck is DRW

mighty kettle Jul 12, 2022, 9:28 PM

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good quant company

tawny condor Jul 12, 2022, 9:29 PM

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i see

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what's their OA like?

raven quarry Jul 12, 2022, 9:35 PM

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damn

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@mighty kettle cracked thanospog

mighty kettle Jul 12, 2022, 9:35 PM

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nah

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gpa dog

raven quarry Jul 12, 2022, 9:36 PM

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tawny condor what's their OA like?

its like harder side of LC med

mighty kettle Jul 12, 2022, 9:36 PM

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cringe

mighty kettle Jul 12, 2022, 9:52 PM

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raven quarry its like harder side of LC med

do uk what phone is like

raven quarry Jul 12, 2022, 9:58 PM

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mighty kettle do uk what phone is like

Ig its more or less like google since its totally dependent on ur interviewer

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I heard some ppl got OOD while some were just standard lc

mighty kettle Jul 12, 2022, 9:58 PM

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gotcha

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gl

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when did u do oa

raven quarry Jul 12, 2022, 9:59 PM

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last year

mighty kettle Jul 12, 2022, 9:59 PM

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oh gotcha

raven quarry Jul 12, 2022, 9:59 PM

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skip OA this time

mighty kettle Jul 12, 2022, 9:59 PM

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so youve been in their process

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right

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did u pass oa last yr too?

raven quarry Jul 12, 2022, 9:59 PM

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yep

mighty kettle Jul 12, 2022, 9:59 PM

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nice

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so they dont blacklist im assuming

mighty kettle Jul 12, 2022, 11:46 PM

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touch grass

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im right

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go have fun

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thats good

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enjoy life

mighty kettle Jul 13, 2022, 12:29 AM

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yes

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are you going target?

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dont go to classes that arent worth in my opinion

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just study on your own time

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oh nice

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Cool

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Sweet

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i go to target and my classes are made braindead, probably may not be situation with yours since yours is ivy+, so just take the dont go to classes advice with grain of salt

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as you go through first few weeks youll get a sense of how to spend your time

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exactly

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yeah biggest thing is do whats best for you in terms of how you learn best

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if its going to class then that has to be it

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i personally like self studying / w/ textbooks

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Gotcha

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Whats MBB/IB?

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Oh right yea, i just didnt know the MBB name for it

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McKinsey is great

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if you like consulting

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yea same

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thats my goal

mighty kettle Jul 13, 2022, 2:24 AM

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incoming soph

tawny condor Jul 13, 2022, 3:03 AM

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as someone who switched from pursuing IB, it's in ur best interest to try deciding sooner than later what you enjoy more. You'll be less competitive on both fronts if you're trying to progress in 2 directions at once. Also, I have a 3.96 and i'm not sure what to really comment on in terms of tips, prior to landing ur industry roles school was my #1 focus. Going forward i expect gpa to decline bc my focus has shifted

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@keen furnace ^

tawny condor Jul 13, 2022, 3:35 AM

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yeah this is fair

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solid all around, just don't underestimate the power of time. Giving your all to a single thing is extremely powerful. At your current stage it makes sense, that's where I was at too. PM is an interesting intersection of them that consistently intrigues me. IB -> PE/VC exit likely might have an MBA in the mix. IB -> MBA -> PM is a pretty consistent pipeline. That said it's worth recognizing the skill level of software engineers you'd be competing with. You might be able to leverage IB/MBB to lateral back into SWE if that's ur interest, but you would definitely be much less technically skilled than others who've been spending that time as full time engineers. Likely a downgrade in pay (entering as lower level SWE) there too. Having dove into both skillsets, I think it's easier to perform well as SWE --> finance, but it's probably easier to land finance --> SWE (tons more swe roles as well)

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IB roles is definitely a ton of networking. Your linkedin searching and networking calls should be just as consistent as ur leetcode if doing SWE. Treat it as an absolute necessity for landing a job and work on it constantly. It can be kinda weird at first and you may be hesitant but fuck that you'll just get a groove of it over time and it'll be second nature by then. If you go to an Ivy+ though your in much better shape than from a non-IB target.

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You're very ahead of the curve tho and definitely thinking ab the right things, I got no doubt that you're gonna handle it no matter which one u choose

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yeah competence isn't a worry for the IB interviews one good prep of the interview prep stuff and you're good, it's nowhere near as difficult

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(i forget the name of the popular course(s))

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been a while

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wso was the forum

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wall street prep

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there we go

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yup BIWS and WSP

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throwback

mighty kettle Jul 13, 2022, 3:47 AM

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~~IB courses in hs 💀 ~~

tawny condor Jul 13, 2022, 3:47 AM

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nice

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feel free to pm whenever

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IB not worth it imo

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WLB in tech is truly unmatched -- i don't mind the insane hours if i felt like it was worth what i'm doing it for but imo it's not

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SWE comp : wlb is wild

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even in exit opps the constant grind doesn't really end

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these years i don't mind the crazy grind - but family and freedom of my time is much more important to me than more & more money

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it is

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but imo there's a baseline where my happiness would be met

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and tech would get me there, and i'd likely be healthier along the way lol

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yeah

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feel that

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also if u really wanna go ham

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u can totally work IB kinda hours in tech

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have ur reg job

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pick up a side gig

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yeah lol

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if u put in true IB hours in tech you'd surpass IB comp

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It is

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it's also less guaranteed

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tech is very streamlined

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and you can keep in mind the tech exit opps of startups

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software doesn't have to be of insane scale like a startup either - but just good software ideas can easily be acquired for lower level millions

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in the tech world a 10m acquisition is not much, in ur life a 10m acquisition is insane

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makes sense i feel like that's typically the wave for ivy+ schools

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i also know a lot ab biglaw used to think i'd do law

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the trifecta of biglaw ib and tech lol

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law is a wrap

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not worth

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YLS?

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law schools aren't that competitive

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idk i have a homegirl who got into Yale

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for this admission cycle

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went to USC

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did nearly nothing all HS

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but maintain high gpa in an easy major

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and did well on the LSAt

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LSAT*

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like yeah i bet it is competitive don't wanna sell her short

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but she def was not on some crazy grind to get there

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strong competence is a big + for you for Law

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my brother recently got a 99th percentile LSAT score and if you pair that w/ a high gpa it's ez admits everywhere

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yeah nah law ain't really worth it

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kinda undermines ur entire undergrad years

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time horizon is too long for law

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loll PSAT

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i don't remember mine

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no SAT for ur cycle tho right?

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care ab what

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ah

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we couldn't take an SAT

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COVID fucked our SAT cycle

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kept postponing

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kinda chill never took one

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lol that's op

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nope

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idc for quant either

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it's also cool to give urself some time to explore

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it's a bet on yourself

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when deep in the grind, it's easy to handle everything thrown at you but few factor in the cost of not leaving yourself time to come up w/ any ideas

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STEP

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worth the try

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FBU too

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can send those ones out

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explore seems cool i forgot ab that one

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the intersection of pm + swe is nice

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i had the same experience looking for it but i think they open later idk

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it was kinda weird

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big N freshman is hard, inflate ur grad date to soph at least if u really want a shot at it

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dunno can't speak on it

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but i call cap

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bc companies aren't gonna know when ur starting

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when u started***

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u don't need to tell them ur graduating in less than 4

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most companies don't ask for transcript

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G is the only one

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from big N

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hm maybe for Meta U? idk ab Meta actually

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but majority don't by far

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very rare

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i've submitted maybe ab 4-5 transcripts

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gotta head out kinda swamped lol

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i'll catch u around

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fs, goodluck man

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rooting for u

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