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Best chance is probably try to transfer an IBD role from Sydney to HK Then after subtracting 4 hours for sleep, spend every moment of free time out drinking and socialising at popular haunts for hedgies

Yeah my point was the law environment is stressful, hours are long and pay is pretty average until you're much more senior. In IB though, there's a lot of people with shorter-term career plans, e.g. just wanting to save enough money so they can start a business or take larger risks in their...

I feel the same way about people wanting to work for large law firms. At least in banking you get paid.

You've nothing to lose by applying! 'Desirable' is probably a good hint, I wouldn't rule out your chances. Otherwise if you're genuinely interested in the field be sure to consider cadetships. Their only 'cut-off' is that you get into a business/commerce degree so your ATAR can be mid 80's...

I'm not Manroop but I can tell you that it would only really matter if it's so low as to worry them about your chances of making the final cutoff (from memory they wanted people to be at least ~95?) It's not like medicine where there is a clear relationship between each additional point and...

Anyone who's read the AFR this week will know the 'top firms' are all in the midst of pay freezes and job cuts. The 'good money' was questionable 5 years ago let alone now when conditions are tough. Point is, do it if it interests you. The saving grace of Law is that there's a pretty good...

I'd be more curious as to why you think you want to work in corporate finance

Only relevant for senior/lateral hires When going for an intern or grad position chances are even the company won't know what coverage they're going to give you until much closer to your start date (how are they going to know where they are going to need you 6 months - 1 year ahead of time?)...

Even worse is getting into a career because YOU THINK it pays a lot. I like talking to Law students for that reason. On a serious note, engineering leads itself to very specialised career paths such that there can be enormous differences to what people are paid down the track. My high level...

Medicine, compared to careers in Law, Commerce, Engineering etc... is very transparent. Go to a doctor's surgery or hospital and pay attention to what the doctors do. The only thing you can't see is - The hours of studying they did and continue to do - For senior doctors at hospitals, the...

If you did law only for the money, you're in for a terrible surprise. An even worse surprise if you did a Commerce degree also and learnt about concepts such as 'opportunity cost' and 'NPV'

Re: do finance or economic jobs require any aspects of accounting. If there is im fre I'd be more concerned about your outlook to jobs and the real world. The subjects they teach you in university don't perfectly translate into specific jobs. Things are organised like that when you're in...

I've been on an off these forums for several years - someone should just sticky the answers to all of these common questions. Unless you're applying to front office banking it's probably not going to matter. If you had the option of going to UNSW/USYD over UTS, then I would take it (why...

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When dealing with cadetship recruitment, the big4 will recommend against double degrees because schools outside of commerce/business have longer contact hours and don't fit the routine of full-time work and part-time study. This all changes when it comes to graduate recruitment when the big4...

Few corrections Buyside vs sellside: This has nothing to do with the stock recommendations. Sell-side = you work for an investment bank, i.e. you work as a broker. Buyside = you work for a fund manager, etc. where your recommendations are for internal use for investment decisions. The...

Not to mention all the money you save eating dinner at work and getting a taxi home! You can tell i'm studying for the CFA right?

More like... why so many generalisations about investment banking. The junior traders I know all leave by 7pm. In most cases their degrees didn't matter as much as the fact that they were good at programming/algos.

For front-office IB UTS would be at a disadvantage, ceteris paribus, vs UNSW/USyd. For most jobs it won't matter.

Maquarie rates pretty well. They have a decent representation in big4, IB, actuarial firms.. anything commercey. As for OP.. Why are you doing an MBA? Try to get work experience, any work experience.