Do you think being a teller might be a good place to start your career?

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83JiIC

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83JiIC
May 19, 2019 7 Comments

I'm currently taking a gap year off of college and have been working at a startup as an intern. I get to do some interesting stuff but I've heard that being a bank teller is also a good learning experience. Do you think this is true? I think it would teach me a lot about the finance industry? What does Blind think?

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  • Facebook
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    No, teller is πŸ’© tier, same as barista or cashier. Only do it if you desperately need the money.
    May 19, 2019 2
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      caigiday

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      caigiday
      Common’ , FB. Some people enjoy social than others. As long as they are happy and content, you should not look down on them.

      There is no πŸ’© tier, but there is a problem in your behavior.
      May 19, 2019
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      Who's looking down on them? I had a summer job working as a Subway sandwich artist (also πŸ’© tier), this has nothing to do with being social or being happy or content. This is just about recognizing the job for what it is: merely a way to make money and 0 career advancement.
      May 19, 2019
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    SlhS10

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    SlhS10
    No, it's worthless. Spend your time grinding LeetCode instead, the payoff is 10x whatever being a teller would pay.
    May 19, 2019 1
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    SweetPease

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    SweetPease
    I did shit tier work in college. One paycheck today would cover an entire years work. Better for your career use your time LC and start real work early.
    May 19, 2019 0
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    Qss5y

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    Qss5y
    Depends on your goal in the finance industry. If your goal is a front side selling role it's good experience. If your goal is back office or iBanking it's useless.

    Tellers, unlike sandwich artists, have a career path that looks like this: Teller, relationship manager, private banker, financial analyst or to they can go the mortgage loan officer route or the commercial lending route.

    These all lead to well paid jobs by normal people's standards (100k is achievable) but not high by tech industry standards or iBanking standards and what I'm describing if often a 20 year process.

    Basically as a teller your goal is not to learn about finance, but to learn about people, what they need, and how to talk to them about it. Move from teller to the person who directs people to services (relationship manager is basically a teller with an office), and from there to private banker (a teller dedicated to a book of high net worth individuals) and from there to financial advisor (high net worth individuals now trust you to advise them). You could instead go into commercial lending or mortgage officer after relationship manager.
    May 19, 2019 0