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Do we have fellow finance bros here who is currently in Uzbekistan up until late August (25th)? Dm for some serious stuff at @adilov_muhammed

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Typical NYU kid showing off their cars at graduation

I wish NYU used Canvas

New Banger dropped

Came, Saw, Conquered!

I will come back to this post if I ever experience higher level of stress than this. But I am sure this can’t go beyond this. Only way, I think, to find out how far you can burn out yourself is burning out yourself with even more tasks/work and commitments. When I say more work, it shouldn’t reduce the quality of the delivery. I went too crazy this semester and folks who know can confirm on that. Simply put taking 5 hardest classes at Stern on a MBA basis with another undergraduate level class with a Stern curve, another class as a Teaching fellow, put recruiting in there with balancing healthy life (gym, eating clean) and a serious case competition. This is just nuts but I am excelling in all those things. Got a classroom appraisal for “an awesome presentation and it can’t be better” quoted by professor whose class is considered the hardest class at Stern (Restructuring and Distressed Investing). Got my name in a syllabus and homework assignment preparation for “Fin statement analysis with Python and AI” to help and explain MBA students on accounting and financial concepts behind codes and analysis even if I am not a TA. Professor on “Business Drivers “ and “Tech Drivers” classes likes how I put stories behind numbers (fin analysis). These two classes are my favs as they build on to 7 Powers book from Hamilton. Worst I am doing is a Real Estate class where I ended up scoring 100 for the midterm. And for the Case competition? We were competing against whole stern and law school students on Restructuring and Bankruptcy Litigation case. Basically Undergrads and MBA and Law students, and out of 15+ teams, we made it to finals today competing against 2 teams to get poached by PJT and MilBank 😂. I love this and I want to put a saying from myself below: Once you commit, it is a commitment.

I haven’t been posting actively these days as I am being barbecued by school, recruiting and some other commitments. By far, this semester has been the toughest with the level of workload. Taking 5 MBA classes with 1 Undergraduate finance class, combined with Teaching Fellow position for Executive Program at Stern. Some life updates: Recruiting has been tough, Rejected from almost all companies. Final rounds were offered by Morgan Stanley (WM), PGIM (Real Estate), IB Boutique (Healthcare). Offers from 2 IB middle market boutique, I rejected due to location as School sponsors only NYC, NJ based positions. That leaves me with 3 more offers I have across consulting, venture capital and private fund but not sure where to go. However I have been heavily focusing on foundational skills in distressed investing and restructuring and high level dive into different industries to make myself ready for coverage team/FIG/M&A/Trading desk/Distressed Investing. I am happy this semester is coming to an end soon and can’t wait to go back to Shanghai. Missed the food, people and what I call “second home”.

Congratulations class of 2030: Same day in 2023, I got accepted to NYU Shanghai, today I am spending my junior year at NYU Stern. That 3 years has been truly life-changing and you will have the best life on whichever campus you are at. Be ready to get challenged and feel dumb.

On writing to acquire knowledge: Writing might be the best way or the only way to connect the knowledge to your brain.

NYC recently in the NYU hood

One of the deals I was partially involved while my time at KPMG was the share exchange merger between Click and Halyk Bank. It was the biggest Fintech M&A activity in SNG countries which is perfectly explained by Bakhrom Abdukadirov a finance expert (VP at Vision Invest, Ex-director at Synergy Consulting, Ex-ministry of IIT). I personally know him, very knowledgeable and highly educated expert in emerging markets finance. I highly recommend reading his insights on his blog if you are interested in emerging markets finance, VC and Angel Investing. Link to his blog: https://t.me/baxrom_ceo

What chatgpt thinks my year was like

Wrapped up my first semester at NYU Stern. A lesson is learned. If you are coming to college, take the hardest classes possible. That way you shield yourself against cheaters. Got all my As in the hardest classes at Stern and fallen back in easy classes.