I agree I might be focusing too much on geographic proximities. After GS, I took a job at a smaller shop with roughly 500 employees. I ranked in the top 1% of producers there for the last two years I worked there. I was there from mid 06' to mid 2010 and traded my own capital in 11' and 12'...
Thank you for your feedback. When I left GS, I was an Associate up for VP consideration. I was on a fast track of sorts as most my 04' class were still analysts. I did not leave on bad terms, in fact, quite the opposite. The major thing to consider is wall street is a game of musical chairs...
I graduated from an Ivy-League School in 2004, Cum Laude, Played Varsity football for the school and received the award for highest GPA in the entire athletic department with a 3.72 in Economics.
I received mutiple job offers out of school and choose Goldman Sachs. I worked on the Distressed...