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Were They Afraid We Were Planning a Coup D'etat?

I spent my first summer during Columbia Law School at a firm in Philadelphia described as one of the best places in the city for black lawyers. I believed that if there was any place where I would have an equal chance at opportunities, be treated fairly and succeed, this would be it. There were three black female summer associates out of sixty that year but any time all three of us were in an office talking, one of the partners would knock on the door to see how we were doing.

Brandon Zeil shares 1 experience

Brandon, a Harvard MBA and a former investment banking associate, left finance to become a technology entrepreneur.

Assignments were handed out based on who you knew not what you knew

Male African-American Left & is now Self-Employed Banking - Investment

You had to be in good with certain people to get the nod for certain assignments even if you were a good banker.