@u416047

Thanks again!

Actually, do you mind if I shoot you an email with a few more questions? Would definitely appreciate some more insight on a few things.

Mobius Striptease Wrote:
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> well i guess if you are a trader on the west
> coast, better get your a$s up early

in at 4:30-4:45am...yeah baby

u416047 Wrote:
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>
> It was a great experience while it lasted but if
> asked to do it again I would say no...knowing what
> I know today


Can you please elaborate?





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O.G., CFA

O.G - I did not like to be a human slave...

monkeydood - astaris@hotmail.com...

u416047 Wrote:
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> O.G - I did not like to be a human slave...
>
> monkeydood - astaris@hotmail.com...


fair enough, but what alternate path do you think could have gotten you to where currently are, without the associated slavery?

O.G., CFA

u416047 Wrote:
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> O.G - I did not like to be a human slave...

As opposed to what, a muppet slave?

thems Wrote:
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> i work at a big IB in NYC. 7:30 - 6:30pm Mon -
> Fri. No weekends.
>
> total hours: ~ 54.
>
> my lunch consists of running downstairs to grab a
> sandwich and eating it in 5 mins at my desk while
> browsing WSJ.

these are dream hours for a big IB job...

CPAbeatsCFA Wrote:
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> thems Wrote:
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> > i work at a big IB in NYC. 7:30 - 6:30pm Mon -
> > Fri. No weekends.
> >
> > total hours: ~ 54.
> >
> > my lunch consists of running downstairs to grab
> a
> > sandwich and eating it in 5 mins at my desk
> while
> > browsing WSJ.
>
> these are dream hours for a big IB job...

Deal flow's been sh!t, huh?

SMIRK Wrote:
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> akanska Wrote:
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> > SMIRK Wrote:
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> > > If I was working in finance and couldn't
> > outearn
> > > an elementary school teacher I would
> reconsider
> > my
> > > career choice.
> >
> > I do- but not on an hour to hour basis-
> according
> > to my calculations (I know to the penny what
> she
> > makes bc I do her taxes ) I'd have to make
> 140k
> > if I were to work 55 hr weeks w/ 2 weeks off a
> > year. I don't. Someday I will- but she won't
> get
> > more than COL raises from here on out.
>
> If I was working in finance and couldn't outearn
> an elementary school teacher by 1.33x (12 months
> of work vs. 9 months) then I would reconsider my
> career choice.


That's easier said than done. Usually you come to that realization by your late 20s - early 30s. Hard to just switch careers with bills to pay and admitting to yourself that your finance degree was a sunk cost. Not saying it's not possible, but not an easy decision to make. You would also have to predict what sector will be hot enough to get into and put more time and $$$ to obtain expertise in.