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09 Sep 2016, 00:02
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Hi all,
I've recently quit my job and was invited to work on a startup with a friend in Asia. We raised over 100k in VC funding and were about to start but my partner had a family emergency and our investor pulled out because I can't do it alone for reasons I won't go into here.
After graduating from my target school (Duke) with a 3.6 in the hardest engineering at our school, I took a job as a consultant at a small software company that specializes in business software. My role involved traveling to big firms such as GS and KKR and implementing technical solutions that they request. However, I quickly got bored of the job and the people I was around and knew I wanted to leave 2 months in. I stayed for one year in order to keep my signing bonus.
Now, I'm faced with a dilemma. I've always respected the culture and ideas that flow through this website. I know that my aggressive personality belongs in finance and the reason I didn't go straight out of undergrad was because I wanted to do something different and was afraid of the long hours. Now, I'm more confident in myself and am having second thoughts but I'm no longer in undergrad and do not have OCR to help me land a job. I have plenty of friends in IBD and even some in PE but I'm not sure what type of industry I should enter. I interviewed at MBB in my last year but didn't land a single offer from any.
I'd like some advice to help me figure out my options and determine which roles are even feasible for me to enter at this point. If I were to do IBD, wouldn't I be a year behind my peers? I also hold a 750 GMAT so numbers wise, I think I am alright. I graduated in 2015 (last year). In terms of goals, I'd like to work in a high pace field and attend a top business school.
Thanks!!!
I've recently quit my job and was invited to work on a startup with a friend in Asia. We raised over 100k in VC funding and were about to start but my partner had a family emergency and our investor pulled out because I can't do it alone for reasons I won't go into here.
After graduating from my target school (Duke) with a 3.6 in the hardest engineering at our school, I took a job as a consultant at a small software company that specializes in business software. My role involved traveling to big firms such as GS and KKR and implementing technical solutions that they request. However, I quickly got bored of the job and the people I was around and knew I wanted to leave 2 months in. I stayed for one year in order to keep my signing bonus.
Now, I'm faced with a dilemma. I've always respected the culture and ideas that flow through this website. I know that my aggressive personality belongs in finance and the reason I didn't go straight out of undergrad was because I wanted to do something different and was afraid of the long hours. Now, I'm more confident in myself and am having second thoughts but I'm no longer in undergrad and do not have OCR to help me land a job. I have plenty of friends in IBD and even some in PE but I'm not sure what type of industry I should enter. I interviewed at MBB in my last year but didn't land a single offer from any.
I'd like some advice to help me figure out my options and determine which roles are even feasible for me to enter at this point. If I were to do IBD, wouldn't I be a year behind my peers? I also hold a 750 GMAT so numbers wise, I think I am alright. I graduated in 2015 (last year). In terms of goals, I'd like to work in a high pace field and attend a top business school.
Thanks!!!
16 Sep 2016, 21:14
Kudos
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Have you considered Business Development at the tech companies?
Here is an example of a position at Facebook:
Business Development (Oculus)
Responsibilities
Source, define, model and negotiate appropriate deals to drive revenue, developer engagement, distribution and/or content simultaneously working with team members to build a sustainable Oculus development community
Work with Oculus engineering and product teams on partnership opportunities that Evaluate and explore strategic opportunities
Represent Oculus in meetings with executives from other companies
Requirements
Proven commercial leadership with business development experience at start-ups and large consumer Internet / technology companies
Strong technical competence
Highly strategic and capable of driving internal stakeholders to a consensus on important issues
Comfort with a fast-paced, always-on, highly ambiguous start-up environment
Proven track record with high standards of professionalism
Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to develop strong working relationships inside and outside Oculus
Creative, resourceful, detail-oriented, highly organized
Excellent communication skills
Ability to meet multiple objectives in an entrepreneurial environment with little supervision
Extensive negotiation experience, including comfort with legal aspects of negotiations
Prior experience working in a high-growth or start-up technology company preferred
5+ years of Consumer Tech Industry Experience
BA/BS degree preferred
Here is an example of a position at Facebook:
Business Development (Oculus)
Responsibilities
Source, define, model and negotiate appropriate deals to drive revenue, developer engagement, distribution and/or content simultaneously working with team members to build a sustainable Oculus development community
Work with Oculus engineering and product teams on partnership opportunities that Evaluate and explore strategic opportunities
Represent Oculus in meetings with executives from other companies
Requirements
Proven commercial leadership with business development experience at start-ups and large consumer Internet / technology companies
Strong technical competence
Highly strategic and capable of driving internal stakeholders to a consensus on important issues
Comfort with a fast-paced, always-on, highly ambiguous start-up environment
Proven track record with high standards of professionalism
Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to develop strong working relationships inside and outside Oculus
Creative, resourceful, detail-oriented, highly organized
Excellent communication skills
Ability to meet multiple objectives in an entrepreneurial environment with little supervision
Extensive negotiation experience, including comfort with legal aspects of negotiations
Prior experience working in a high-growth or start-up technology company preferred
5+ years of Consumer Tech Industry Experience
BA/BS degree preferred
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