With Uchkun Eshkobilov, Assistant Vice-President at Citi, ex-Senior Analyst at Goldman Sachs:

- How he went from studying at Wesminster to working at Citi?
- MBA vs Masters in Finance?
- Application process for Citi Bank? Tips?
- How he transitioned from NatWest to Citi?
- Recruiting process in Citi vs Goldman Sachs?
- Life/Work balance at Goldman Sachs? Hours of work?
- Why he came back to Citi again after working at Goldman Sachs?
- What are the technical and soft skills necessary to join large banks?
- How to increase the chance of getting recruited by big banks even without any prior experience?
- If he could go back to his freshman years, what could he have done differently?
- How was the transition to life in Poland from Uzbekistan as a 18-year old?

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@fineconim

Honestly, he shared a lot of insights and asking questions I was also taking notes from his answers. I asked so many follow-up questions too)

BTW, we will have our first female speaker... She works at JP Morgan Chase. So, this can prove that women are not just for having kids and for kitchen. Given chance they can achieve a lot.

Please share with as many people as possible since the larger we are, the better and easier we can get guests))

Thank you guys for your support ❤️

Hey guys, this interview is scheduled to mid-August.

I am reaching out to many people on LinkedIn, but still I wanna know:

Who you want to have a chat with? Please send me his/her name below on comments and if possible link to the LinkedIn profile

@fineconim

One more thing,

I am thinking of hosting and organizing the largest valuation competition in Central Asia, but I cannot do that alone.

I need two ambitious volunteers who can help me with organizing this event. Reach out to me at @unsmartboy and let me know why and how you can help me.

Thanks)

@fineconim

I am receiving much more messages than I had expected, please be patient, I will try to reply asap)

This is legendary BA II Plus Professional calculator.

It is expensive, but I am grateful to be gifted this.

I was taking accounting class. I met the professor assistant and she told me she had passed all CFA levels.

I didn't know what the CFA was back then. I met her and started talking about CFA and CFA seemed to be interesting and then I asked for some advice.

Then, she gifted me this calculator. I didn't know how valuable this gift until taking some finance classes. It is really powerful!

She is now a professor in China.

Why I am sharing this? Cuz I will share a material to master BA II Plus)

@fineconim

Here you go....

Time to master BA II Plus

P.S. I learnt how to use it from Kaplan though

@fineconim

I have been requested to have a chat with ACCA holder.

We are planning to have one this weekend hopefully))

He has nearly a decade of experience in many countries and works in a leadership position in one well-known international firm.

He was not easy to get as I had to discuss everything with HR first to get approved.

Hope you guys enjoy it! Let's talk tomorrow

@fineconim

ACCA, BCG, MBA?

Those words can come in one place if we talk about Sardor Uzakov.

He is currently Project Leader at BCG.

He worked at PwC for 9 years and became the Senior Manager, Financial Service Consulting. He has worked in Tashkent, Dubai and Riyadh.

We will talk about career in consulting, doing MBA in Europe and ACCA.

Date: 14:00, Sunday July 13th

Share with others))

@fineconim

If you look at his LinkedIn profile,

he started his career as Front Desk Assistant at Asaka Bank 14 years ago and now he is the Project Leader at BCG.

It is almost like rags to riches story))

Let's find out.

Hey guys,

Since we are getting bigger and bigger, I need one volunteer to join me at FinEcon.

What will you do?

- Organising events
- Finding the right people to interview
- Preparing questions for the interview
- Making posts

So, it is not gonna take a lot hours. If you want to help out and become the part of the bridge builder between youth and finance experts and get to know such people, contact me at @unsmartboy.

When you send a message, answer to this question:

"Why do you think you are the right candidate?"

P.S. I may reply late. Sorry for that and be patient)

Thanks.

FinEcon

@fineconim

This is one of the best exit opportunities out there...

@fineconim

I am noticing that many people still don`t know how many services/tools are free for students with .edu email

Here is the one pack given by GitHub:

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I am learning Data Science from DataCamp for free thanks to GitHub student pack and I am using Notion premium too.

@fineconim

When your startup gets funded...

@fineconim

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Sardor Uzakov, ACCA, MBA, Project Leader at BCG:

- How he went from working as a Front Desk Assistant at local bank to becoming the Project Leader at BCG?
- Should students start their career at Big 4/other firms or apply directly to MBB?
- How his "non-finance" jobs helped him in his finance career?
- How working in different cities helped reshape the career path and mindset?
- How he is handling multiple volunteering activities while working full-time?
- Why ACCA? How was it helpful? How he managed studying while working? Study tips?
- Why he decided to have 2 masters degree and why Germany?
- What impact he wanted to have on Uzbekistan as a Project Leader at BCG?
- If he were 22 again, would he choose consulting again? What would he have done differently?


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