Searches for stockbroker jobs on Indeed.com rose nearly 80% in the U.S. around the release of the Martin Scorsese film, according to the job site’s four-month study. Indeed looked at searches over the past two years and confirmed there was a significant spike in queries during the period leading up to and after the film’s release.
Stockbroker fever also caught on in the U.K., which saw a 44% spike in searches in January, when the film was released there.
Reminds me of Wall Street 2, we even got several inquires on AF about how to go into “energy trading”
Yeah I know, not saying I go to sleep dreaming about whether a stock is over-valued but a genuine interest defiitely helps at the junior levels where work is monotonous. If I came in everyday thinking only about my paycheck I don’t think I could last very long being somebody elses monkey. I work with some guys that you can tell hate their jobs and if it wasn’t for the money they would be long gone, they have no desire for extra projects or doing outside reading etc. and just clock in and clock out each day.
^ a lot of junior IB folks actualyl are quite miserable. despite the “relatively” high pay.
I say relatively because the per hour rate actually is pretty bad. if you took a back office and worked at mcdonalds for another 8 hours shift everyday + weekends, you may not be too far away. although the exit ops will be very different admittidly.