Question to finance bros

[Jason Voorhees]

I've been learning financial modeling DCFs, LBOs, comps. it's fun conceptually, I can't imagine doing this 15 hours a day.

Doesn't building 20 slide decks, tweaking models for every MD comment, and hopping on endless client calls get mind-numbing?

Do deals ever stop feeling like copy-paste jobs?How much actual analysis vs. formatting/logos? How do you stay sharp doing 3-statement models and sensitivity analyses on 3 hours of sleep?

Is it just grind now, payoff later or do you genuinely enjoy the process? Not hating just genuinely curious how you guys manage.

How can I learn high finance?

Plz help me out finance bros.

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Is it strange that I draw when I take my notes?

https://looksmax.org/threads/how-can-i-learn-high-finance.1548462/ I started studying finance everyday for around 2-3 hours and yesterday. I was spending some free time at the office watching a lecture on capital markets and taking notes. My coworker walked by saw my notebook, and said it...

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[Jason Voorhees]

@AverageCurryEnjoyer @NepoCel @willbetruechang2299 @ascension

 

[Jason Voorhees]

@Chadeep

 

[keife]

How tf u learn all this shit

 

[Jason Voorhees]

@Duke Archer @gooner23

 

[Jason Voorhees]

How tf u learn all this shit

Youtube videos. You can learning anything and everything from Youtube

 

[keife]

Youtube videos. You can learning anything and everything from Youtube

Anyone in particular?

 

[Jason Voorhees]

@Saint Casanova

 

[Saint Casanova]

@Saint Casanova

Most of them don’t and it’s not really that intellectually stimulating as well barring a few areas like trading derivatives.

 

[Jason Voorhees]

Anyone in particular?

Corporate Finance Institute(CFI), afzal Hussein are good

 

[Jason Voorhees]

Most of them don’t and it’s not really that intellectually stimulating as well barring a few areas like trading derivatives.

That is my question. how people manage to stay in certain finance roles long term-the work seems so routine and repetitive. In tech, also the pressure is high but you're at least solving new problems, building things, and using your brain creatively. But in finance, especially in roles like accounting or operations, it feels like you're just executing the same tasks day after day with very little variation. do they actually enjoy the predictability, or are they just in it for the money and job security?

 

[Saint Casanova]

That is my question. how people manage to stay in certain finance roles long term-the work seems so routine and repetitive. In tech, also the pressure is high but you're at least solving new problems, building things, and using your brain creatively. But in finance, especially in roles like accounting or operations, it feels like you're just executing the same tasks day after day with very little variation. do they actually enjoy the predictability, or are they just in it for the money and job security?

Most people don’t enjoy it, but they just sort of get used to it and become content with it. The pay and job security is the main reason people get into finance.

As you get more senior though, it gets more interesting as you’re often working with clients and actually have some input. Then it becomes more varied

 

[Robloxfan25]

Grind now pay off later

 

[Jason Voorhees]

@Chadeep

 

[Chadeep]

Most Finance roles are glorified sales job.

 

[Jason Voorhees]

Most Finance roles are glorified sales job.

Any progress on thr XLRI bhai

 

[Chadeep]

Any progress on thr XLRI bhai

Didn't get through bhai. Was way too down on the waitlist.

 

[Jason Voorhees]

Didn't get through bhai. Was way too down on the waitlist.

Any plans for the future?

 

[Chadeep]

Any plans for the future?

I'm trying for GMAT. Let's see want to get into Healthcare Consulting

 

[willbetruechang2299]

You do it long enough for it to be muscle memory. If you move up in the corporate ladder, you will start getting variety. that's why a lot of finance employees are always dependent on caffeine; the job's simply too boring at an entry level for you to care all that much. But yes it is grind now, then get promoted and do basically the same thing but with a couple more meetings and more salary. If you do enjoy the type of environment, then it's definitely a good shot. Basically if you do well enough, in 2-5 years tons of doors will open up like crazy

 

[Jason Voorhees]

You do it long enough for it to be muscle memory. If you move up in the corporate ladder, you will start getting variety. that's why a lot of finance employees are always dependent on caffeine; the job's simply too boring at an entry level for you to care all that much. But yes it is grind now, then get promoted and do basically the same thing but with a couple more meetings and more salary. If you do enjoy the type of environment, then it's definitely a good shot. Basically if you do well enough, in 2-5 years tons of doors will open up like crazy

I see interesting. I think that's why the finance grind feels so alien to me.
just the idea of pushing through repetitive work for years with the hope of reaching something better later. But I totally see how, for someone who thrives in a structured environment and plays the long game, it can be a great path. Just different types of pain, I guess.

 

[AverageCurryEnjoyer]

@AverageCurryEnjoyer @NepoCel @willbetruechang2299 @ascension

Im studying to do this shit, so I havent staryed yet

 

[Bars]

Why

 

[Jason Voorhees]

Why

What why nigga

 

[Bars]

What why nigga

Why study

 

[Jason Voorhees]

Why study

You mean why study finance i find it interesting and I am trying for intermediate role

 

[Bars]

You mean why study finance i find it interesting and I am trying for intermediate role

Oh ok good luck

 

[ascension]

This is why I say Tech is better than Finance. I have no idea why you're leaving IT for this shit.

I'm in Auditing so my work doesn't really involve too much of what you're learning rn, it's more about building relationships with clients, carrying out risk assessments, sampling company data, requesting account details. And tbh the automated systems handle most of that. But it's a large volume of work. Long hours.

 

[ascension]

Finance looks good and fancy from the outside, but the day-to-day is boring and repetitive.

 

[Jason Voorhees]

This is why I say Tech is better than Finance. I have no idea why you're leaving IT for this shit.

I'm in Auditing so my work doesn't really involve too much of what you're learning rn, it's more about building relationships with clients, carrying out risk assessments, sampling company data, requesting account details. And tbh the automated systems handle most of that. But it's a large volume of work. Long hours.

You wear a suit. And niggas think suit=rich.

 

[ascension]

You wear a suit. And niggas think suit=rich.

Nah my office has business casual attire now, I don't even look rich

 

[Jason Voorhees]

Nah my office has business casual attire now, I don't even look rich

Honestly people overhype it a lot @gymceltard keeps acting like just having connections guarantees you a job, endless money, and a life of luxury in five-star hotels without actually working. I don’t think he’s ever witnessed the 80 hour workweeks finance guys pull I’ve literally seen some of them showering at the office during live deals.

 

[NepoCel]

I just nootropic max.

Elvanse, adderall, cerebrolysin, cortexine, actovegin and all the bs supplements.

 

[gymceltard]

Honestly people overhype it a lot @gymceltard keeps acting like just having connections guarantees you a job, endless money, and a life of luxury in five-star hotels without actually working. I don’t think he’s ever witnessed the 80 hour workweeks finance guys pull I’ve literally seen some of them showering at the office during live deals.

I know finance is hard, but for software engineering connections are the only thing that matters.

 

[Jason Voorhees]

Bump

 

[SeiGun]

not a finance bro, i do spent few hours on excel modelling when new reports came out for the stock or related stock i invested in