RhinestoneCowboy 2 Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 I got my job through an online applicationPoint Dawson. Link to post Share on other sites
Roll the Bones 74 Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Maybe you guys should start believing in Jesus, because it's pretty obvious that Tebow shouldn't have won that game.Yeah, I heard they are thinking about ditching Xmas in Denver and celebrate Tebow's birthday. I mean, it is tempting to think God is helping Tim Tebow win until you remember that Newt Gingrich is winning, too. And not to rain on the Tebow parade, but it could be that God just hates the Bears, ya know. Anyway, there are people who think that God shouldn't be so totally preoccupied with helping NFL QBs win, and should spend a little more time on things like preventing tsunamis and such, but well, I guess he does work in mysterious ways. :smileyface?: Link to post Share on other sites
Napa Lite 3,278 Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Ok I'll bite. I assume, probabaly wrongly, that strat is kinda like me and the thought of approaching somebody, anybody, is almost downright terrifying. It's probabaly why I don't have many friends outside of my frat. The idea of just starting talking to a random at the bar is almost panic inducing and I just pretty much avoid it. I know it doesn't make any sense so don't tell me "just get over it" because it's not that easy. With that in mind, how am I supposed to approach somebody who I only want to get to know so I can use them as a connection. I feel almost bad approaching it like that. I'm so confused as to how I'm supposed to network. Link to post Share on other sites
speedz99 145 Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Point Satan.Hey, remember when "FYP" was all the rage? Link to post Share on other sites
Roll the Bones 74 Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 I bet strat would be ok with that.Also, networking is gay.Yeah, so is all this job talk. It's not what ya know, it's who ya know. Off to see beans latest tweet pic, damn I've been busy. Don't freak out, I'm not actually working. Link to post Share on other sites
Dread Aidan 8 Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Anyway, there are people who think that God shouldn't be so totally preoccupied with helping NFL QBs win, and should spend a little more time on things like preventing tsunamis and such, but well, I guess he does work in mysterious ways.Because an omnipotent being needs to prioritize. Link to post Share on other sites
BillyPilgrim 1 Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 i'll take a break from studying 351 exchanges to tell a little networking story. i'm at an estate planning society lunch. i'm being walked around by my step-mother becuase she is a member. she is introducing me to this lawyer and that one. most are polite, shake my hand and move on. some are overly nice and interested because they are probably good people. step-mom takes me over to a guy, she says to me, this is a good guy to know. he and your father used to work together at (insert bank) when they got out of law school. (side note my dad couldnt be there that day). so anyways, i get to this guy and am introduced and he gives me a look of utter disgust. he doesnt want to know me, doesnt care who i am or give two shits about helping me with anything. my step-mom picks up on this too and she leans in and tells him i'm papa suited's son. the guy does a one-eighty and brings me in for a half shake-half hug type embrace and makes it super awkward. he then gives me his card and tells me to call him when i graduate. we chat and i move on to the next blowhard.i guess i mention that becuase of what napa said about approaching rando's. i hate doing it, it's so awkward and they so rarely care who you are or what you're selling. it's the same convo every time. name, school, worked there, good, very interested, no positions, get card, move on. Link to post Share on other sites
Dawson Leery 12 Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Ok I'll bite. I assume, probabaly wrongly, that strat is kinda like me and the thought of approaching somebody, anybody, is almost downright terrifying. It's probabaly why I don't have many friends outside of my frat. The idea of just starting talking to a random at the bar is almost panic inducing and I just pretty much avoid it. I know it doesn't make any sense so don't tell me "just get over it" because it's not that easy. With that in mind, how am I supposed to approach somebody who I only want to get to know so I can use them as a connection. I feel almost bad approaching it like that. I'm so confused as to how I'm supposed to network.That is what I assume about Strat as well. I'm the same way, but you just have to get over it. My first two PE interviews were from:1. My flight was delayed coming back from teaching excel class at national intern training (not a bad way to spend a day of work) in Orlando. I'm at the bar slamming beers, about to start going through a report we were about to issue. Guy next to me sees the name of my firm on the front, makes a comment, asks what I do. I tell him we do due diligence for M&A mostly for PE clients, he says interesting, we were just bought by a PE firm. He's the COO of a restaurant chain, on the same flight as I am. We keep drinking until it's time to board, he gives me a card and then I sent him an email a few weeks later and he set up an interview for me.2. Cold-emailed an MD at a PE firm that went to IU and had worked in the Big 4. Essentially "Dear MD, I saw that you went to IU, started in accounting then transitioned to PE. I graduated from IU and started at XXX firm, but am looking to get into PE. Could we meet for coffee or lunch to discuss your experience in private equity?" We met for coffee, then 6 months later he sent me an email saying they were looking for an associate and invited me in to interview.Neither one of those led to a job offer, but both led to interviews before they had seen my resume. I've faced similar situations (PE firms requiring 3.7+ GPAs, or 1400+ SAT scores, etc.), so I had to network to get interviews before I could get turned down because of my resume. FYI, I did not want this to turn into me ranting about you kids networking more, or me telling stories about my networking, because all of that is kind of gay. But it works, and somehow that's how my posts have turned out, so whatever. Link to post Share on other sites
RhinestoneCowboy 2 Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 There aren't any family restaurants in POUNDTOWN.Remember when Dawson wasn't posting like a father figure? Link to post Share on other sites
CaneBrain 95 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I got my job through an online application Link to post Share on other sites
ShakeZuma 585 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 i'll take a break from studying 351 exchanges to tell a little networking story. i'm at an estate planning society lunch. i'm being walked around by my step-mother becuase she is a member. she is introducing me to this lawyer and that one. most are polite, shake my hand and move on. some are overly nice and interested because they are probably good people. step-mom takes me over to a guy, she says to me, this is a good guy to know. he and your father used to work together at (insert bank) when they got out of law school. (side note my dad couldnt be there that day). so anyways, i get to this guy and am introduced and he gives me a look of utter disgust. he doesnt want to know me, doesnt care who i am or give two shits about helping me with anything. my step-mom picks up on this too and she leans in and tells him i'm papa suited's son. the guy does a one-eighty and brings me in for a half shake-half hug type embrace and makes it super awkward. he then gives me his card and tells me to call him when i graduate. we chat and i move on to the next blowhard.i guess i mention that becuase of what napa said about approaching rando's. i hate doing it, it's so awkward and they so rarely care who you are or what you're selling. it's the same convo every time. name, school, worked there, good, very interested, no positions, get card, move on.sounds to me like you're not sucking the right dude's dicks.strategy, have you tried sucking dude's dicks yet? that might work. Link to post Share on other sites
The Ocho 970 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 strategy, have you tried sucking dude's dicks yet? that might work.He watches other people play video games, do you really think he hasn't gone down this road yet? Link to post Share on other sites
ShakeZuma 585 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 he must be terrible at it then!strategy, lay off the teeth bro! Link to post Share on other sites
Dread Aidan 8 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Finally strategy gets some advice he can use. Link to post Share on other sites
strategy 4 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 the esport hate is really comical. I guess no one here ever watched poker on TV. Link to post Share on other sites
Sickinfo2 291 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I was minding my own business inside a bar in Elko one afternoon when I heard an old man say..."I never did suck a dick.... (long pause for everyone to turn toward him).... but I did put one in my mouth one time....just long enough fer it ta get soft!"The next thing I heard was the sound of a hundred and three inch Harley engine toting me the hell outta there... Link to post Share on other sites
strategy 4 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 This special, if it explodes, cause really it's only been up for 2 days, more like a pre-sale. If it really tears an asshole into the money monster who then shits dollars into my mouth (oh my god what's wrong with me) [...]incredible AMA from louis ck on reddit today.http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/n9te...his_is_a_thing/ Link to post Share on other sites
BillyPilgrim 1 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 in my corporate tax final i was in the goddamn zone. so in the zone i didnt notice that this lady apparently had a panic attack. she went out into the hall and collapsed and the paramedics came and took her to the hospital. i didnt see any of this and didnt even notice that she left during the test or wasnt there when it ended. but that was the talk afterwords. no worries though, she's a bitch. Link to post Share on other sites
iClint 61 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 And that is why women shouldn't be in the workforce. Link to post Share on other sites
BillyPilgrim 1 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 yeah i was all like what do you tell a woman with two black eyes? NOTHING YOU ALREADY TOLD HER TWICE. and then i sexually harrassed the remaining female students. Link to post Share on other sites
strategy 4 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 there's a plant called black eyed susan which I feel is pretty inappropriatebaby's tears also, feel like there's no way to say you like that plantoh, and gayfeather Link to post Share on other sites
iClint 61 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Will you take reg for me? I assume you're going to get your CPA eventually. Might as well practice on my dime. Link to post Share on other sites
JubilantLankyLad 1,957 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Oh, I'm sure he works hard and is very good at his job, I was just saying that we don't know how he got his first job in the industry. He could have "earned" it, he could also have been handed it. I suppose we could ask him how he got his first job out of school. HEY DAWSON!Obviously threatened to tell that the HR Rep had pissed his bed until he was hired. Link to post Share on other sites
strategy 4 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Will you take reg for me? I assume you're going to get your CPA eventually. Might as well practice on my dime.I don't ever want to get a CPA, CFA, etc. honestly hope to never have to get an MBA. I'll do series licenses at some point for sure, but the rest is in a career path I want no part of.assuming you were talking to me Link to post Share on other sites
brvheart 1,753 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 incredible AMA from louis ck on reddit today.http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/n9te...his_is_a_thing/ I'm going to be honest with you. I don't 'get' Reddit. Why are most of the comments hidden? Are they voted on and then hidden if they get too many down votes or something? Link to post Share on other sites
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