mar350 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > volante99 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > There are plenty of Finance majors > > working at gas stations, and plenty of English > > majors working at Goldman. > > i vivdly remember going to a ubs recruiting event > in undergrad and there was this smoking associate > from bucknell who was an english major. i never > questioned why she was hired. Thats a sad state of affairs.
^ very sad indeed, sometimes I feel there should be an alternative to this Investment Banking BS.
Well, if you don’t want to deal with superficial people who only care about glamor and money, you should not be in finance.
> > > > i vivdly remember going to a ubs recruiting > event > > in undergrad and there was this smoking > associate > > from bucknell who was an english major. i never > > questioned why she was hired. > I knew a smoking hot girl who got a BA in English from Bucknell, then got a job at a Wall Street firm (not sure which one). She was pretty smart, but we always speculated that somehow her family owning a bunch of seats on the NYSE played a part.
ohai Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well, if you don’t want to deal with superficial > people who only care about glamor and money, you > should not be in finance. True…I think I’ll try a career in hollywood instead.
ohai Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well, if you don’t want to deal with superficial > people who only care about glamor and money, you > should not be in finance. On a contrary, the best in finance are not glamorous at all and very smart indeed. To put it simply, If you aren’t making money, you aren’t worth a dime.
What are you talking about?