Description

It's summer training season. Both Debs and Graham are spending their days running analyst and associate programmes at major firms, which makes this the right moment to step back from the deal-of-the-week format and share the kind of candid advice they wish someone had given them on day one.

Learning Objectives

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1. Attention to detail, why the costs of getting it wrong are high, and how AI changes (but doesn't reduce) the standard.
2. Recoverable vs. career-ending mistakes, how to tell the difference and what to do in each case.
3. The technical work is the easy part, why getting stuff done well is the real skill.
4. Asking questions that add value, how to demonstrate engagement without taking up airtime.
5. Standing out without sharp elbows, why being a team player and showing up consistently is the most underrated path.
6. Survival habits, physical, mental, calendar, sleep, and the practical mechanics of not burning out.