UPDATE: Operations: Best Decision I've Ever Made
This was me two short months ago.
I would like to start by apologizing to the entire WSO community for trying to argue with what decades of Banking wisdom had taught the finance community; as it turns out, Ops is fucking shit!
However, in an attempt to retain some sense of pride I still disagree on the reason why it is shit. In my opinion, its not the lack of prestige (I'm not that big into ego trips) or the mind numbing work (from what I've heard IBD can get very monotonous; to me, its the lack of structure.
One of the things that has always attracted me to IBD is the fact that, no matter what level you're at, the finish line isn't far ahead which gives you something to sprint for. With what I've witnessed in Ops, most FT'ers have no idea when its coming up, and, for some unlucky bastards, there seems to be a very very long way left.
This affected me profoundly in the way I worked during the internship, and I'm not even FT (thank God).
If I were to be, it would be this feeling of being in purgatory which would drag me into incompetency, slowing down as the finish line draws further and further into the distance.
Fuck that. Time to start networking.





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Once a joke, always a joke?
Once a joke, always a joke?
I mean its a job dude.
I mean its a job dude. Probably should have asked yourself how badly you need income before you bailed, bcuz its a shit ass time to get FO.
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www.operationsoasis.com
EDIT: Oh, and thanks for the update btw
"Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old"
Get on the directory and
Get on the directory and start networking NOW. Go out, get fucking HAMMERED tonight, get a good nights sleep, and then start working towards the original goal.
Shut the fuck up and do it.
I notice that the older I am the more I sound like Illini Programer
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UFOinsider: Get on the
Get on the directory and start networking NOW. Go out, get fucking HAMMERED tonight, get a good nights sleep, and then start working towards the original goal.
Shut the fuck up and do it.
+1
you're young dude. you haven't crossed the Rubicon yet
keensetofpeepers: UFOinside
Get on the directory and start networking NOW. Go out, get fucking HAMMERED tonight, get a good nights sleep, and then start working towards the original goal.
Shut the fuck up and do it.
+1
you're young dude. you haven't crossed the Rubicon yet
Im 32, why do I feel like I'm 80?
I notice that the older I am the more I sound like Illini Programer
- accountingbyday
UFOinsider: keensetofpeeper
Get on the directory and start networking NOW. Go out, get fucking HAMMERED tonight, get a good nights sleep, and then start working towards the original goal.
Shut the fuck up and do it.
+1
you're young dude. you haven't crossed the Rubicon yet
Im 32, why do I feel like I'm 80?
for the OP, he's like 21, max
What's this finish line
What's this finish line business you're talking about?
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I gave this kid 4-5 years in
I gave this kid 4-5 years in his initial post, only took 2 months. With that said, it will take you about 4-5 years to get out of it now as your future will most likely include grad school.
Way to blow your load early.
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UFOinsider: Get on the
Get on the directory and start networking NOW.
What directory?
Thanks for the update. I was
Thanks for the update. I was considering taking an internship in OPS before as well. Dodged a bullet there eh
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