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Originally Posted by Unregistered
In the uniquely Singapore system, getting good grades and FCH doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re smart tbh. more often than not from the ones I’ve interacted with they aren’t smart. They are just hardworking, kiasu and can memorise stuff well and regurgitate it well in the exam. Throw in one thing that they haven’t seen before suddenly brain stuck cannot think.
Which is why go out practice and meet clients all cmi.
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Rising up in the ranks and being a good rainmaker is a matter of personality, and luck. On the latter, having the luck of closely working with or being mentored by a good client-savvy rainmaking partner as a role model helps in that you can emulate his/her client-servicing and rainmaking skills.
If you're a mere big firm cog in the wheel and you work closely with those high IQ autism-spectrum perfectionist type junior partners who know how to produce perfect work product but can't connect or talk to clients, then good luck. All you'll pick up are good technical skills and aut istic obsession to perfection, but zilch rainmaking skills. Find another mentor ASAP.
Clients want to feel serviced. They don't care that your work product is perfect. They wouldn't even be able to tell what is and is not perfect.