It’s been only two weeks of full time work and I learned tremendously. Working hours are pretty intense but once you start you get used to it quickly. The pace is fast, extremely challenging and every day there are new things to learn. It is exactly how I thought it would be.
My colleagues are very nice and helpful. Every time I have a question they are ready to sit down with me and help me. In my first week I got staffed on two live deals related to two different industries. It is very exciting because even if I never worked in those specific industries, I have the possibility to learn a lot in few days by reading reports, asking my colleagues and using all the resources that Citi has.
Two days ago I got staffed on a new project, my third deal. In banking you have to learn how to work in parallel on different deals, at different stages of the process and with different senior and junior people. You develop a unique set of skills that are and will always be extremely valuable for your present and future career.
All the people I met during the training week are now friends I can trust and on which I can rely. Every time our group has requests in terms of data I can ask my peers in the other groups and in few minutes I get what we need. I learned how important is to build relationships across different groups in the bank and to maintain them throughout my career.
I got assigned to a junior and senior mentor within the group. These are the people that will follow me through the process and will help me in case I have any problem with work, colleagues, etc. I have a bi-weekly coffee chat with my junior mentor, who is a director. It is very interesting to hear his perspective and also his background and role within the bank now.
Despite the fact that we work hard, we also love playing hard. Even if we go out of the office late at night, we try to find the time to hang out together. This is a great way to meet new people and to extend my network even further.
As always, I will keep you posted!
Best,
Matteo
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