Bio

I am a Junior studying Finance, Accounting, and Data Analytics at West Virginia University. I have previous experience as a financial advisor at a small family office, and as a fund accounting intern at a large asset manager. This upcoming summer, I will be interning on the business valuation team at a mid-sized public accounting firm in Pittsburgh.

Career Goals

Business Valuation

*Expected starting salary: $70,000-$80,000

*Potential Employer: GYF (Where I’m interning this summer)

*Pro: Good work life balance, opportunities for skill development and certifications (CPA, CFA, CVA)

*Con: Lower comp and less prestigious title than ‘high finance’ roles

Investment Banking

*Expected starting salary: $130,000-$180,000

*Potential Employer: Jefferies

*Pro: Extremely high comp and great exit opportunities

*Con: Terrible work life balance and limited to specific HCL cities

Private Equity

*Expected starting salary: $200,000+

*Potential Employers: Ares, Apollo, Blackstone

*Pro: Higher comp and slightly better work life balance than IB

*Con: Basically impossible to enter directly from undergrad

Questions

Answer each of these questions:

  1. What file type has R code only? “.R”
  2. What file type has project settings? “.Rproj”
  3. What file type has markdown and R code? “.Rmd”
  4. What file type is created when rendering/knitting? “.html” usually