<p>To do corporate finance at a F500 company? Ideally, I'd like to work at Nike, but how hard is it to get a job at any F500 company in general? Also, how much will prestige of undergrad/MBA degree matter (and is an MBA required?)</p>
<p>Didn't we answer this question for you before?</p>
<p>Why do you want to work at Nike?</p>
<p>Just because its always had some kind of allure to me since I'm from Oregon, and thats where the international headquarters are.</p>
<p>To Dawgie: I honestly have no idea anymore. I'm trying really really really hard to find a good career for me because that will affect where I apply. So yeah. I don't think so, but I do remember another similar question being up here awhile ago from another poster though.</p>
<p>If you want to live in Oregon, that is a decent reason. However, your other reason is a horrible one. Do you know what Nike's corporate environment is like? Do you know the opportunities that exist there as compared to other companies in the area? </p>
<p>I would recommend not getting caught up in the hype. I saw a lot of college grads get caught up in the hype of certain companies and then it turned out the reality was much different than the hype...some of the companies that people didn't want to work for turned out to have great opportunities and the company that everyone wanted to work for ended up treating it's employees very badly.</p>
<p>good call.</p>
<p>But does anyone have an answer to the original questions? They don't have to be long replies, just an average works, and a brief anecdote about prestige is all I need. </p>
<p>Oh and btw, can anyone confirm whether the salary.com salary for a corporate finance person after bonuses is correct (go to salary.com and search for corporate finance and click bonuses)? These numbers are in the stratosphere for the higher level workers, and I was wondering if anyone could verify if thats true.</p>
<p>thanks guys, and sorry if I've asked any of these before (but I don't think I have)</p>
<p>Bonuses get higher as your position gets higher.</p>
<p>Wow, a lot of the people in CC just don't get the real world. You can't just go, I like this salary and this company name. This is why so many people are miserable in the united states, because they never find their passion. Plus salary doesn't mean anything, because you could make more owning your business (probably happier too) or being a firefighter and investing your money. Wake up and get a clue.</p>
<p>Exactly, thats directed towards you wannabe investment bankers too. I mean besides the fact 98.26% of you on this forum not getting in, look for a career path you actually would have interest in or are good at.</p>
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because you could make more owning your business (probably happier too) or being a firefighter and investing your money.
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<p>If only it was that easy.</p>
<p>a firefighters salary barely puts bread on the table in new york. owning a business is never easy (and the hours you have to initially put in are easily comparable to what banking etc requires). There is no easy way to be successful (be better than average)...because, as logical as it sounds, not everyone can be successful.</p>
<p>There is a big difference in this country between making a high income and being wealth. If anyone actually did any research, they would find that the latter is a better possibilty. Americans are overconsumers and trust me I know from having two parents that make high salaries, but spend almost every penny. They did put five kids through college, so I guess you can give them some credit, but not into making their money work for them. This is united states don't limit yourself.</p>
<p>Haha, sounds like you just got done with some money management book. You are defining "wealth" by how much money someone has stashed away or invested. The real "wealth" is net worth. The guy driving a beat up wagon with 100k in the bank is not more wealthy than the guy driving a ferrari with 75K in the bank. Get my point?</p>
<p>Funny that is the mean type of book that I read (outside the classroom), but I am taking it easy this summer and haven't read any. My only point-everyone is totally different-is that Americans overspend and don't save enough or invest money correctly. I am a frugal person and I like my lifestyle, but everyone is different, no disrespect to anyone.</p>
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The guy driving a beat up wagon with 100k in the bank is not more wealthy than the guy driving a ferrari with 75K in the bank. Get my point?
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<p>Wrong. You and I both know that the guy with 75k in the bank is just leasing the Ferrari. He'll drive it back to his small one bedroom apartment with no furniture (had to return his leased furniture to make the lease payments on the Ferrari).</p>
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Wrong. You and I both know that the guy with 75k in the bank is just leasing the Ferrari. He'll drive it back to his small one bedroom apartment with no furniture (had to return his leased furniture to make the lease payments on the Ferrari).
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<p>Sure, and the guy in the beat up wagon lives in a trailer. You see how adding whatever you want to a hypothetical situation is useless? The car situation was originally intended as a basic example to get my point across about how net worth is the true wealth. I'm sorry if you can't understand it, but I'm not going to attempt to explain it any further.</p>
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Sure, and the guy in the beat up wagon lives in a trailer. You see how adding whatever you want to a hypothetical situation is useless? The car situation was originally intended as a basic example to get my point across about how net worth is the true wealth. I'm sorry if you can't understand it, but I'm not going to attempt to explain it any further.
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<p>It was a very bad point in a response to a very good point made by StreetSmartNYC. Who the hell is dumb enough to pay for a Ferrari in cash when they only have another 75k in the bank? LoL. I know it's a hypothetical situation but it's a very dumb one. Most wealthy people do NOT drive expensive cars. PERIOD.</p>
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Who the hell is dumb enough to pay for a Ferrari in cash when they only have another 75k in the bank? LoL. I know it's a hypothetical situation but it's a very dumb one.
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<p>It was a simplified situation. You are looking way too deep in to it.</p>
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Most wealthy people do NOT drive expensive cars. PERIOD.
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<p>Having grown up in a wealthy part of the country, I completely disagree. But the again, it depends on what you consider "expensive".</p>
<p>Well it depends. You might have the more old-money type who try to get value in Volvos,Mercedes,BMWs etc and keep them for years.</p>
<p>Then you have as I like to call them - "the suburban hoodrich." Up to their eyes in debt, beautiful house, brand new leased cars(probably mercedes/bmw), kids in private school, etc.</p>
<p>I don't know if this is true in any of your situations. Just giving my 2cents form the new york suburbs where many people live beyond their means.</p>
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Just giving my 2cents form the new york suburbs where many people live beyond their means.
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<p>I believe what you have witnessed is pretty standard across the US. It's definitely the norm here in Dallas.</p>