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Jonathan Simkins

Oct 7, 2026

3:07
When I got into it, I actually kinda learned what it really is 'cause you n- you never really know as a college student, you know, what, what an industry is really like despite what you try to figure out.
3:16
I did really enjoy the business.
3:17
Now, when you're a junior banker, you do a lot of execution work, so you work on deals.
3:23
As you get more senior, you kinda transition into being more of a salesman.
3:26
You, you have a bunch of relationships.
3:28
You win business for the bank, but then you kinda hand it off to the m- to the middle and, and junior bankers to kinda run the deal and get it done 'cause you're too valuable to be spending time doing that.

28 MINS LATER

32:03
So what are your thoughts on the forward deployed engineering aspect of the industry and then for your own company as well?

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