Career Advice from Jim Donovan – Espresso Insight
Career Advice from Jim Donovan
I stumbled upon “The Making of an Investment Banker”, a talk given by Jim Donovan to the UVA school of law, which was posted to their YouTube channel.
I found the advice to be quite good, regardless of your chosen career path, investment banker or otherwise.
3 pieces of advice before starting your career / job:
Read the Wall Street Journal every day, no matter what. You should read 3 articles:
one macro article, such as related to what the Fed is doing with interest rates, for example.
one on a specific company that recently released earnings, or a specific transaction / acquisition.
one op-ed