I come from a family of doctors or engineers, same with DH. I feel like I have no advice for my dd

[Anonymous]

who goes to Columbia, (just finished her first year), and she is completely motivated by money and wants to go into banking. Is there anything I should be telling her she "should do" to get to that end? She went to college, she is 18 so still young.

[Anonymous]

What’s wrong with banking?

[Anonymous]

You should leave her alone.

[Anonymous]

I bet you have lots of very useful, general advice. This is an age where she should be seeking out mentors and identifying professors who can help her learn and meet her goals. Encourage her to keep trying new things at school (new clubs, new activities, etc.) and that will help her build a network and also enjoy her down time. Lots of us found our way in careers that had nothing to do with our parents' careers. And, yet, for my part, my parents still had so much to impart to me about growing up and taking responsibility for my life and decisions. I'm in my mid-40s and I'm still learning from them!

[Anonymous]

“Banking “ doesn’t really mean much, she needs to go to the career center and figure out what paths are available in this realm and go from there.

[Anonymous]

The banking and consulting firm routes are the easiest employment path at Columbia. Google "116 to Wall Street" for a good primer. They all recruit on campus for internships and graduate hires. The career counseling center provides lots of support - workshops on the interview process, alumni for information interviews, course selections, etc. If you are a Columbia student with no idea what you want to do in life but have good grades, know what a bank and a spreadsheet are, and are willing to work long hard hours, you have a decent shot at a Wall Street analyst job. Something like half of each class applies for these jobs. If she's not an econ major, taking the required core classes for financial economics is super helpful to have a solid knowledge base for being an analyst.

[Anonymous]

1. Find people (neighbors, your bank manager, friends of friends) who can advise her.

2. Look it up on the internet, on forums like this one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1. Find people (neighbors, your bank manager, friends of friends) who can advise her.

2. Look it up on the internet, on forums like this one.

Do you have any idea what “banking” means?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. Find people (neighbors, your bank manager, friends of friends) who can advise her.

2. Look it up on the internet, on forums like this one.

Do you have any idea what “banking” means?

NP. Sure she does.

[Anonymous]

How about let her find her own way. And for goodness sake don't encourage her to become a physician. This coming from an MD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. Find people (neighbors, your bank manager, friends of friends) who can advise her.

2. Look it up on the internet, on forums like this one.

Do you have any idea what “banking” means?

My BIL is a "banker". I know that there is a wide variety of possible careers. Not all of them involve Wall Street.

[Anonymous]

I went to Barnard. Banking and Wall Street suck and have terrible bro cultures, steal money from the middle class and are general on the side of greed. Your daughter is interested because of the money. I’d be disappointed.

[Anonymous]

Have her read some books on the subject.

https://www.amazon.com/Suits-Woman-Street-Nina-Godiwalla/dp/193463395X/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1
https://www.amazon.com/Buy-Side-Street-Traders-Spectacular/dp/0770437176/ref=sr_1_1?crid=8ODURP3Y1TZ1&keywords=the+buy+side&qid=1560383167&s=books&sprefix=the+buy%2Cstripbooks%2C122&sr=1-1
https://www.amazon.com/Street-Freak-Memoir-Money-Madness/dp/1439181276/ref=pd_sim_14_15?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1439181276&pd_rd_r=45bc8d4b-8d6c-11e9-8f58-bdbec2e04fde&pd_rd_w=7CBoV&pd_rd_wg=hobtz&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=H74MEW0TS1CKD6EB7D5G&psc=1&refRID=H74MEW0TS1CKD6EB7D5G

[Anonymous]

Weird to raise an 18 year old obsessed with money IMO

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. Find people (neighbors, your bank manager, friends of friends) who can advise her.

2. Look it up on the internet, on forums like this one.

Do you have any idea what “banking” means?

My BIL is a "banker". I know that there is a wide variety of possible careers. Not all of them involve Wall Street.

Banking refers to I banking, and by definition, it is Wall Street even if it’s not on Wall Street.