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Joined:  Jan 2008 Posts: 1,691 Likes: 1 Member |  
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OK, what is a SPLA school.  I looked it up and just get Sudan People's Liberation Army.
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hahaha! Small Private Liberal Arts |  |  |  
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Yes, sorry, Wren.   In my defense, I did translate my made-up abbreviation at the start of my post. But I just wasn't going to type ALL THOSE LETTERS over and over! L-A-A-A-A-A-Z-Y!!! 
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Wren, I still have connections in the investment world.  While I respect your opinion on hiring practices, I find it very limiting, black and white and according to my sources, not entirely true. So I guess we'll have to respectfully agree to disagree.  |  |  |  
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Joined:  Jan 2008 Posts: 1,691 Likes: 1 Member |  
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Are there exceptions?  I am one.  I got hired over all the MBAs.  They told me when I was interviewed, through a personal referral, that they were looking for an MBA for the position.  Ten days later I was offered the job, and it was Merrill Lynch too. I covered retail stores: department and food.  Then I got clothing.  
 Then I switched firms and worked for the top auto analyst, who was a woman.  And no one asked after that where I went to school or what I took.  So my actual situation is mutli-colored.
 
 But I do wish to have you all over for a cocktail party, would be an interesting conversation.  But then you wouldn't take me seriously.
 
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I'd love to come over and talk to you.  I think it would be most enlightening   |  |  |  
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I will be in Manasquan, NJ after 6/20.  I will pay for the wine.
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The older I get the smaller I find the world...NJ is old stomping grounds for me.  I used to love goin' "down the shore"--have fun! |  |  |  
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I think Manasquan is quite different.  We go there because it is family central, millions of kids. |  |  |  
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Ren, 
 Your experience is not unusual.  The major law firms also take the easy way out - often preferring the big name law schools, always wanting law review.  It's like a shortcut for them.  5-10 years out, it doesn't make a difference.  Individuals excel based on their own merits, and the big firms are not as concerned with where the lateral hire went to school.
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