【新语丝电子文库(www.xys.org)(www.xys2.org)】 ———————————————— Comment about the discussion of Wall Street VP I'm a reader of your site, and feel very positive of your efforts. There's a few articles about VP in wall street. They are good in general, but following one has a few errors, and I'd like to point them our to the readers of your site. http://www.xys.org/xys/ebooks/others/science/dajia/vp4.txt First of all, VP is not a big deal in Wall Street in general. But titles in Goldman are worth of further discussion. Goldman is one of the best, if not the best, in Wall Street. It used to be privately held company, and went public in 1999. Goldman has a flat management structure. It's reflected in its title system. A few years ago, there were only three tiers. They are Associate, VP, and Partner. During those days, VP was indeed a significant thing. It's not a very big deal, but was worth a lot more than VP in other Wall Street firms. The article by "A Director in Goldman Sachs" mentioned a Goldman woman boasted her title. I don't know the story and the time frame of the story. But I'd like readers to know that VP was not an easy thing in Goldman a few years ago. Recently, to get inline with the titles of other firms, Goldman added a tier, which is called Managing Director. It's between VP and Partner. Still the Goldman title system has less tiers than most other firms. Because of the change, VP is much easier to get. I'm a little surprised to see that "A Director in Goldman Sachs" has "Associated Director" title. I've never heard that Goldman has such title. Regards, A former Goldman employee and a former Goldman VP ———————————————— 【新语丝电子文库(www.xys.org)(www.xys2.org)】