If you just want to work in finance, try to get a job at a hedge fund or a big bank. Breaking into VC is so hard that it’s only worth it if you really love startups.

Chris Dixon from How to Get a Job in Venture Capital

This is the single biggest flaw in the thinking I hear when speaking to college kids looking to get a job in venture capital. To most, it is just another branch of private equity. Its not. If you like financial engineering, “doing deals”, structuring transactions or use the word “bips” VC is probably not going to be your bag.