How Have You All Delt With Anxiety When Starting your Career?
I’m going to graduate in May 2023 with a Business Administration degree (emphasis in real estate).

I’ve been saving job posts for multifamily analyst positions (to see what’s out there) and just started practicing making financial models to practice for the technical interviews.

Even though I’m doing some things that should prepare me, I’m still having anxiety about starting a career.

I think reading some stories about how you all started and where you are now would help me calm down.

Here are some questions that I think would be nice to read:

1) What education do you have?
2) What were your concerns when starting as a real estate analyst and how have those concerns changed?
3) What was your career path from the beginning to where you are now?
4) Advice for undergrad students starting their CRE career soon?
5) How did you prepare for your first entry level job, when did you feel prepared and what did you do that got you the job?

Best,
Akash K.
[{"id": "ih4u58c", "text": "Would love to hear some input on this as well. I\u2019m graduating Spring 2024 and want to work my way into brokerage. Trying to find information from actual brokers makes this whole industry seem damn near obscure lmao. Outside of this subreddit I feel like there\u2019s no way of learning besides diving head first into the industry.", "replies": [{"id": "ih56sww", "text": "I\u2019m happy to chat and help answer any questions you have. Maybe DM", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "ih5sgqd", "text": "Yeah figuring out some of this stuff is nerve wracking", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ih52jah", "text": "Masters in economics, got an internship at a cre firm and just stuck with it. I will give you the advice my advisors gave me \u201cthe yield curve has inverted and I suggest everyone take the next job that comes along, things are going to get ugly\u201d\n\nI would learn as much excel, power query and power bi as you can. \n\nI wish I was nicer to people earlier in my career and networked more. People may not remember what you did for them, but they will remember how you treated them. \n\nSo play the game, don\u2019t overstay your welcome and never stop improving yourself.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ih56jnq", "text": "Let me preface by saying I\u2019m a commercial broker at a small shop in the Midwest focusing on multifamily, but I may have a few things that could help. \n\nMarketing and graphic design degree. No previous experience in real estate. \n\nDid about 8-9 M sales first year, on pace for 20M this year (second full year)\n\n\n\n\n\nThis is less technical advice and more life advice for starting a new career:\n\nI always tell myself: once I get the job, do EVERYTHING they tell you to do exactly how they ask you to. Ask questions to clarify, and even if their method seems outdated or redundant, keep your comments to yourself for the first 6 months or so. Also give the new position that level of focus for at least 6 months, meaning, you\u2019ll have to miss friend hangouts, some parties, ect to make sure you get good sleep/ or can finish your work on time. \n\nDo this and if you\u2019re not seeing progress, have a serious talk with your boss about maybe things your missing (though this should be sooner than 6 months). \n\nIf I do this, I find those short term struggles and grind end up playing itself out, and I realize I can make it through the tougher mental days and be very successful. It won\u2019t be easy to do exactly what they ask but if you do, you\u2019ll maybe see why they do it the way they ask, even if you think it\u2019s redundant like I said. \n\nFinally, a mistake I see new guys make is either they think they know it all and try to remake your systems in place, even if there\u2019s a better way to do it and end up fuckin things up. \n\nOr they don\u2019t ask any questions because they don\u2019t want to \u201cburden\u201d anyone and end up doing shit wrong and making the other guys spend additional time correcting their mistakes when they\u2019d be happy to answer questions. \n\nStick with it. Don\u2019t get down on yourself. You\u2019re new! Do your best. Ask meaningful questions, and try to get better every day. You got this!", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]