Today the Summer Associates arrived. A little more on that later. I came in early this morning to finish a book for an MD. It turned out pretty well beacuse I did the whole book by myself, made some changes, and hand-delivered the book to the MD. He actually remembered my name and we talked for a while. The MD's are all pretty cool guys, they just don't have the time to spend talking with summer interns.
Later this morning that same MD came over to my desk and asked me to come up with a few more slides for him. It was good that he came straight to me instead of going through an analyst. Hopefully this will continue to happen.
All of the analysts (except for one who was slammed) went out to lunch today with us interns. We had to keep it short because everybody is busy, but it was fun to be out in the beautiful weather as a group. It turns out that I just ordered last night from the same place we went to for lunch, but I still liked it.
So the summer associates are here - all of them from major MBA programs. I probably won't be working with them very much. They are going to be depending on the analysts a lot to teach them the ropes because the real associates still have to do their jobs and don't have time to sit around and train all day. The analysts don't have time either, but it doesn't matter - they just make time!
Well tongiht all I need to do is put some slides together for a pitch for next Wednesday, so it's not a high-pressure situation. It should be a pretty light weekend for once!
Friday, June 13, 2008
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2 comments:
Hi!
Your blog is really great :)
I really enjoy reading it and I hope you will keep posting as often as you do these days.
Since you'll have some time this week-end, could you use it to tell us more about the social life in your bank ?
Here are some questions I'm asking myself :
1/ Do analysts go out together ? If they do, how often ? Where (bar or club) ?
2/ Do you sometimes talk with analysts about non business related topics ? If you do, when do you do it ? (lunch I guess)
3/ What are your relations with the other interns ? You don't seem to talk with them much!
4/ Do you sometimes work together with another interns on a project ? Or is it always 1 analyst + 1 intern ?
Thanks in advance for your answers :)
Well, I forgot a question:
5/ What kind of guy is the typical analyst ? More like a social person, more like a hard-worker who stays focused and doesnt go out ?
How about their humor ? Do they often joke ? Can you make jokes or is it not a good idea ?
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