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[{"id": "hecw8ct", "text": "Interview everywhere you can. The people you directly work with counts multiple times more than the firm.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "heelh7p", "text": "Would do some more diligence into the team/firm. What property type? What deal size range? Target the successful teams within those answers", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "heerx41", "text": "100% talk to Ripco. Best in the city and this is coming from a REIT worker.", "replies": [{"id": "hehyttx", "text": "Very strong name in NYC held by very high regard. One of the few smaller firms left where it runs like brokerage houses used to. Not as much red tape as you can get right to the top easily, not to mention you will have plenty of support from the heavy hitters when you need it.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hegkkjn", "text": "One advantage of a smaller shop is you may get more exposure to different types of real estate to find out what is a good fit for you. The larger shops can be a bit more silo\u2019d by product type. Also, there is a lot of seniority protocol, so you\u2019ll be paying splits to senior brokers for more years until you are the senior broker. You\u2019ll work on bigger deals though too. Not good or bad, that\u2019s just the trade off.", "replies": [{"id": "hegnf95", "text": "I have learned far more working on smaller deals than big ones but my resume definitely focuses on the big ones which are more impressive numbers to future employers and clients. So the opportunity to work both is actually good.", "replies": [{"id": "hegr7zy", "text": "Agreed. When you are newer to the business, being able to run deals from start to finish by yourself is a great learning experience, and that can't really happen if you are only working on bigger deals with a larger team and higher consequences.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]