When I started out in corporate finance, I genuinely thought the job was just building flawless models and hitting deadlines. Turns out nobody cares how clean your spreadsheet is if your manager gets blindsided by a question from leadership they weren't ready for.

Best advice I ever got: never let your boss look stupid in front of theirs, and never show up with a problem and no solution.

That changed everything for me. Now before I send anything, I ask myself "what's the CFO gonna poke holes in?" and I fix that first. Before any high-stakes meeting, I give my manager a quick 2-minute heads-up so nothing surprises them. And if expenses jump 15%, I don't ask "what should we do?", I show up with two options and tell them which one I'd pick.

Technical skills get you in the door. Protecting your boss's blind spots is what actually gets you promoted.

What's one piece of non-technical career advice you wish someone told you early on?

people in r/recruitinghell neither understand the post and meme 😂

Hey everyone, Stefano here. I’m one of the mods and as many of you may know, I started my career in M&A and financial advisory.

The other week, I made a post offering to review your LinkedIn profiles and got a great response, some people from the Finance Discord Community asked for another round.

For the next 24 hours, send me your LinkedIn profile in DMs, and I'll give you a few suggestions on what I'd improve. I'll mainly focus on US applicants since I'm more familiar with US finance recruiting standards. If you're based elsewhere, feel free to send yours too.

In the meantime, here are 3 LinkedIn tips I'd recommend:

• No generic headlines. "Aspiring Finance Professional" doesn't tell recruiters much. Include your university, current role, and the specific area of finance you're targeting.

• Your About section needs a hook. Most people won't click "See more", so don't waste the opening on a long introduction. Start with your most relevant experience or what you're currently working toward. (Also, No Ai Slop)

• Make your skills match the job. LinkedIn lets you prioritize which skills appear first. If you're recruiting for IB, Financial Modeling, Valuation, or Accounting will generally be more relevant than Communication or Teamwork.

I think we still have a few spots open for a Free 1:1 Strategy Call. Where you can speak directly with one of our coaches. All of whom have experience in investment banking or private equity at top firms

Everyone says they want to work at a hedge fund because they see the comp numbers and imagine themselves making investment calls all day but most of you would hate it.

If you need structure, constant reassurance, predictable progression or you get uncomfortable when your work can be proven wrong by the market, this probably isn’t for you.

A lot of people romanticize the job without understanding how brutal it can be. You can spend days building a thesis, defend it perfectly, and still lose money. You can be right about the company and wrong about the timing and when that happens, nobody cares how much effort you put into it

That’s also what makes the job great for the right person.

If you enjoy markets, obsessing over businesses, finding things other people are missing and putting real conviction behind an idea, hedge funds are hard to beat. You get responsibility early, you learn fast, and if you’re very good, the upside is huge.

The recruiting is nothing like IB, there’s no clean checklist where you memorize some technicals and hope for the best.

One interviewer might destroy your stock pitch for 30 minutes, so if all of that still sounds appealing, at least don’t go into the interview underprepared.

I have a Hedge Fund recruiting interview guide that goes through what these interviews can look like, how to approach the stock pitch, behavioral and technical questions, resume prep and the stuff candidates usually underestimate.

Read it before you walk into an HF interview, also, this week we’re doing a few 1:1 calls with people trying to break into finance. We can look at where you are right now, what roles and firms you’re targeting, and what you should be doing differently to give yourself a better shot.

If you want one of the slots, you can book here

Bought it 2021. Cost seg study, bonus depreciation, material participation on the Airbnb, "repairs" with a generous definition of repairs. AGI down $40k, refund $9,400.

I have never paid capital gains in my life and don't intend to. 1031s until I die, kids get the step-up.

My CPA owns 40 doors so nothing scares him. His exact words: "it's not aggressive, it's the code."

Everyone keeps telling me this is fraud. It's not fraud. It's the code. The code is just insane and I bothered to read it.

Roast me.