Do you brag about being a banker to the layman?
Or do you keep it a secret? Some of my conversations usually go like this:
Me: "Baby u so fine... let me tap dat..."
Stranger: " So, what will you be doing come summer after you graduate?"
Me: "Umm.. yeah I'll be workin someplace..."
Stranger: "Oh really? like a summer job?"
Me: "No, full-time"
Stranger: "Oh cool you found a job!, where will you be workin?"
Me: "Oh... San Francisco. I have no idea what to expect... but u so fine..."
Stranger: "No I meant what company"
Me: "Mmm company? err... let's see... a well-known finance company"
Stranger: "Which one?"
Me: "You know... Lazzy"
Stranger: "Oh I've heard of it, it's like pretty good right? What will you be doing though?"
Me: "Oh... uhh... banking"
Stranger: "You mean i-banking?"
Me: "Yeah... i-banking"
Stranger: "Wow, you're going to make so much money!"
Me: "Yeah... I guess..." (shrug)
Stranger: (looks at me with awe because I'm so humble and yet a banker, nothing like in the news!)
I mention my job when people ask me outright and even then I slow play it out so I seem humble and earn brownie points. I swear you can just see the glimmer of awe in their eyes.





I call troll.
I call troll.
tandaradei wrote: I call
I call troll.
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Still doesn't stop PJC being a boss. I one day hope to join him at his company (Pipernancial Technological Chang Partners)
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Me: "Oh... San Francisco. I
Me: "Oh... San Francisco. I have no idea what to expect... but u so fine..."
I can tell that you're asian just from that line alone.
yeah, i used to play down my
yeah, i used to play down my awesomeness, but then people started calling my insincerity, coz it was just so obvious how awesome i was, so now i just admit it straight out:
"i'd like to tell you about myself, but the moment i do, you'll want to have my babies."
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"... then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it."
In reality, most people in
In reality, most people in New York hate or fear bankers. When the average person on the street asks me what I do, I say that I'm a programmer. If they press, I say I'm a financial programmer at a bank without getting into the details. Things just run smoother that way.
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9/10 people on the street
9/10 people on the street when told that someone is a banker will think you work in a branch. Unfortunately, branch bankers are hated just about as much as I bankers. When I used to work I would usually avoid the subject all together. I had it twice as bad since I worked for HSBC and every moron and their brother thought HSBC was a Chinese bank. No one could comprehend that hong kong shanghai bank indicated that it was a British bank,uggg.
Wasn't there a thread a while back about how BO guys get more tail than FO because they work less hours and women don't know the difference between IB and ops, they just care about the name on the business card?
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AnthonyD1982 wrote: Wasn't
Wasn't there a thread a while back about how BO guys get more tail than FO because they work less hours and women don't know the difference between IB and ops, they just care about the name on the business card?
This is hilarious! Turns out it's not such a bad topic after all.
This is one of the only posts
This is one of the only posts by PJC I actually found funny.
I don't think anyone really gives a shit either way. The people with the "aw shucks, I'm a banker" attitude just look like douche bags because they're obviously making a bigger deal out of it than anyone really cares about.
While you may sometimes felt the pang of "I just told this person I'm a banker, but they think I'm like all the other people they know who work in finance. How I can I get them to understand my true awesomeness... that I am a banker of the Gordon Gecko / Patrick Batemen variety and not of the my friend-Rick's-frat-brother-who-went-to-Rutger-and-works-at-Citi variety"... you need to come to terms with the fact that its not that they don't understand, they just don't care.
After a while you'll realize, its just really not that big of a deal. No one cares, not because they don't understand what you really do -- and they don't -- but because they just don't care enough to understand and even if they did, they still wouldn't care one way or the other. And you may feel like "aww how cute, he's so poor and simpleminded he doesn't even recognize I'm of nobility and he's a peasant," but you're just shitting yourself.
At the end of the day, the only people who think banking is uber-prestigious and immediately adds 2 inches in length to your penis (3 inches in my case) are bankers themselves. And all the other bankers. Thats why they're so fucking insecure all the time, they're dying for validation on how awesome they really are. But just as the rich man doesn't have to tell you he's rich, if you're really a bad ass, you don't have to tell people, they already know... regardless of whether your a banker, a day trader, or a fucking real estate broker at CitiHabitats who's main focus is trying to launch start-ups.
Banking is for the most part formulaic. the hardest part about getting into banking is realizing what components of the formula you need in order to be admitted into the club before those components have already passed you by (i.e. doing well in HS, getting into a good college, doing well in college, getting internships, networking).
There's just nothing special about it. No one cares, nor should they.
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I have found myself playing
I have found myself playing it down, I usually go with "mergers & acquisitions" or that I "advise companies on raising capital". I was once at the Met and was having a conversation with this nice old lady. When I told her that I worked at a bank, she suddenly went apeshit and started railing away at the greed of modern financiers. It was amusing the first time, but I hate repeating the same conversation over and over.
people think I'm going to be
people think I'm going to be a teller if i say I'm working at a bank...
I don't say I work at a bank
I don't say I work at a bank because that implies commercial bank. I even once asked a shoe salesman "do you think these would be good for a banking interview?" and he answered "well if you're gonna be on your feet all day as a teller, I suggest these because they're comfortable." I didn't bother correcting the old man.
But since then, when people ask what I'll be doing after graduation, I just tell them straight up "investment banking." I'm not sorry for being successful. And going back to an earlier post - if they think less of me for working in finance, it's only cause they're jealous.
And Marcus, STFU. Banking rules and we're awesome.
you have a 3 inch penis?
you have a 3 inch penis?
I guess that's the beauty of
I guess that's the beauty of being a female I Banker lol
People automatically assume that I'm the help or the receptionist so they don't hate on me.
Murders and Executions.
Murders and Executions.
1) No one cares 2) i hope you
1) No one cares
2) i hope you make alot of money, because you have zero game
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We are excited to formally extend to you an offer to join Bank of Ameria
I don't mention it, but there
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PJC. Good idea. Poor
drexelalum11 wrote: I don't
Banker88 wrote: drexelalum11
Wow PJC you have no game!! if
"Climbing a mountain that's only getting steeper"
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Mezz wrote: Me: "Oh... San
"Climbing a mountain that's only getting steeper"
-Barboon
Mezz wrote: Me: "Oh... San
alwayshere86 wrote: Mezz
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We are excited to formally extend to you an offer to join Bank of Ameria
btw, what happened to BOA
He was trying to hook up with
Well get laid while you still
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helphere wrote: Wow PJC you
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dagro wrote: helphere
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Nobody really gives a shit...
alwayshere86 wrote: btw, what
"Climbing a mountain that's only getting steeper"
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drexelalum11 wrote: dagro
"Climbing a mountain that's only getting steeper"
-Barboon
helphere wrote: alwayshere86
helphere wrote: drexelalum11
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"... then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it."
dagro wrote: helphere
^^^^ We all know this.
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juicyj wrote: dagro
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"... then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it."
PJC is fucking dominating
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OMG, SO LIKE YOU'RE IMITATING
I generally only say I work
I just play to win...
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Nobody cares. There's a big