It's my third week interning at Credit Suisse. Hmm, so far so good. The work is do-able, but quite boring actually haha. My boss is a very good guy, quite handsome *though qt old alrd, 30?* and funny. What I like from the internship program is not only the CS' big name and the people (whomever I met so far has been very nice), but also the program itself.
Initially I thought that what we'll be doing is just sitting at desk and do some menial tasks, but in fact they dont make us to do that. Instead, we'll have this not-desk-related activities such as charity day, networking sessions, female mentorship program, finance awareness forum and interview with directors where we can learn more about how CS operated and how it is to work at CS.
Last week, and next week I'll be back to One Raffles Quay. These 2 weeks I am reallocated to One Raffles Link office (the one just beside Marina Square, in front of Merrill Lynch building, the south part of Goldman Sachs). Half of my time I've been idling since the data that we are all waiting for hasn't been passed to us from finance dept. So this week I've spent my days with reading news and learning about finance thingy.
I dont know other firms, but CS has their own business school, basically to teach the new employee on how the financial market works, because not all of us have finance background. They also have this online e-learning about various topics in finance which I found very addictive for me lolz. I've given up career in finance one year before when I think I'd pursue my dream to become an entrepreneur and have my own IT firm. But now, after working with CS, I really2 want to try to be a banker! Although I'm now in IT division, but I realize I have more passion to become a trader.
Now I've set my next summer goal : interning with a bulge bracket in their front office in Europe. Hopefully I can complete my current internship with good remark so that they can refer me to CS Zurich or London or Frankfurt maybe? Most of the front office of IB is either in Europe or US and they are the most hard-to-get job. Though some people believe that finance empire has broke, I am not. Given the amount of money involved in it, there's no slight chance that people could operate their business without help of banks. And I believe the banking industry will bounce back in the next 3 yrs (when I'll be graduating yay).
I have 7.5 weeks to go. Hopefully I can egt the most out of my internship. Amin
Initially I thought that what we'll be doing is just sitting at desk and do some menial tasks, but in fact they dont make us to do that. Instead, we'll have this not-desk-related activities such as charity day, networking sessions, female mentorship program, finance awareness forum and interview with directors where we can learn more about how CS operated and how it is to work at CS.
Last week, and next week I'll be back to One Raffles Quay. These 2 weeks I am reallocated to One Raffles Link office (the one just beside Marina Square, in front of Merrill Lynch building, the south part of Goldman Sachs). Half of my time I've been idling since the data that we are all waiting for hasn't been passed to us from finance dept. So this week I've spent my days with reading news and learning about finance thingy.
I dont know other firms, but CS has their own business school, basically to teach the new employee on how the financial market works, because not all of us have finance background. They also have this online e-learning about various topics in finance which I found very addictive for me lolz. I've given up career in finance one year before when I think I'd pursue my dream to become an entrepreneur and have my own IT firm. But now, after working with CS, I really2 want to try to be a banker! Although I'm now in IT division, but I realize I have more passion to become a trader.
Now I've set my next summer goal : interning with a bulge bracket in their front office in Europe. Hopefully I can complete my current internship with good remark so that they can refer me to CS Zurich or London or Frankfurt maybe? Most of the front office of IB is either in Europe or US and they are the most hard-to-get job. Though some people believe that finance empire has broke, I am not. Given the amount of money involved in it, there's no slight chance that people could operate their business without help of banks. And I believe the banking industry will bounce back in the next 3 yrs (when I'll be graduating yay).
I have 7.5 weeks to go. Hopefully I can egt the most out of my internship. Amin