The Dreams of a BB Analyst
Sat at your desk, getting texts from off old friends, and girls you could've got on, who are out partying just a couple of blocks from you.
Sat at your desk, falling asleep, feeling the emotional, physical and mental pain of yet another all nighter.
Sat at your desk, hating yourself for being so driven by the artificialities of prestige and money, whilst everyone else is out there living their few precious years with a happiness you can't even understand enough to properly envy.
You're tired, you're sure you're knocking years of you're life expectancy, you're in agony, and can't stop focusing on that extra weight that's started to accumulate.
Then you start to dream...
I could've been an entrepeneur, I could've been a musician, I could've opened up that little salsa bar, I could've just travelled the world, using whatever job I find in one place to fund the move to the next. I could've applied to wealth management (they all go home at 7pm and have 0 stress). I wish I banged my best friend at university (who was a girl! and smoking hot). I miss the intimacy of a relationship. I miss getting regular sleep and being home in time to go grab a beer with my friends.
This is a post for those toughest moments in the life of an analyst. Keep going - you'll be ballin' soon, and this will all be a faded memory! The pain of this moment, will soon be outweighed by the joys of the next.
Much love.






Great post
Great post
Because the next moment will
Because the next moment will be unemployment with lots of free time. So keep huslin!
Protip: your is not
Protip: your is not you're.
Your dreams also don't include the other side of the coin:
I could've been broke, I could've been working a dead-end office stiff job, I could've been feeling unfulfilled personally and professionally.
Yeah, but those are more like
Yeah, but those are more like nightmares, not dreams
I hope you didn't draw that
I hope you didn't draw that it suxxxxxx
The way I think of it is:
The way I think of it is: I'll be out before 25 (only 22 now). Which means I'll still be pretty young to enjoy some more free time and money.
Yea its tough but hopefully
Yea its tough but hopefully its all worth it in the end. IDK how much of a baller you can be @ 25 without staying in banking.
completely agree with all
completely agree with all your sentiments - written during a crunch time - very emo!
Nice post bro, silver banana
Nice post bro, silver banana for you. I start in July and I hope it's not that bad on a regular basis as you make it sound. Anyway trying to enjoy my remaining 3 months of freedom...
Mezz wrote: The way I think
The way I think of it is: I'll be out before 25 (only 22 now). Which means I'll still be pretty young to enjoy some more free time and money.
Gee, thanks, I'm 24 already and only just start in July...
tandaradei wrote: Mezz
The way I think of it is: I'll be out before 25 (only 22 now). Which means I'll still be pretty young to enjoy some more free time and money.
Gee, thanks, I'm 24 already and only just start in July...
Associate or did you serve in the army or something?
great post but theres just
great post but theres just something creepy about banging your best friend (who may be a girl)
rodneymullen wrote: Sat at
Sat at your desk, getting texts from off old friends, and girls you could've got on, who are out partying just a couple of blocks from you.
Sat at your desk, falling asleep, feeling the emotional, physical and mental pain of yet another all nighter.
Sat at your desk, hating yourself for being so driven by the artificialities of prestige and money, whilst everyone else is out there living their few precious years with a happiness you can't even understand enough to properly envy.
Your tired, your sure your knocking years of your life expectancy, your in agony, and can't stop focusing on that extra weight that's started to accumulate.
Then you start to dream...
I could've been an entrepeneur, I could've been a musician, I could've opened up that little salsa bar, I could've just travelled the world, using whatever job I find in one place to fund the move to the next. I could've applied to wealth management (they all go home at 7pm and have 0 stress). I wish I banged my best friend at university (who was a girl! and smoking hot). I miss the intimacy of a relationship. I miss getting regular sleep and being home in time to go grab a beer with my friends.
This is a post for those toughest moments in the life of an analyst. Keep going - you'll be ballin' soon, and this will all be a faded memory! The pain of this moment, will soon be outweighed by the joys of the next.
Much love.
Does it get THAT much better after an analyst stint?
Banker88 wrote: tandaradei
The way I think of it is: I'll be out before 25 (only 22 now). Which means I'll still be pretty young to enjoy some more free time and money.
Gee, thanks, I'm 24 already and only just start in July...
Associate or did you serve in the army or something?
Did masters in finance.
boshyj wrote: Does it get
Does it get THAT much better after an analyst stint?
Maybe that too is just a dream... ahhhhhhhh.
Jack: They’re all former investment bankers who were laid off from that economic crisis that Nancy Pelosi caused. They have zero real world skills, but God they work hard.
-30 Rock
boshyj wrote: rodneymullen
Quote: IDK how much of a
giants92 wrote: Quote: IDK
tandaradei wrote: Mezz
u guys are hilarious.
Bondarb wrote: u guys are
i hear you buddy but salsa
Great Post.
- Only time will tell....
Or you could have been
Morelikeballstreet wrote: Or
zbb wrote: i hear you
tandaradei wrote: Banker88
so it's really not worth
DaCarez wrote: Protip: your
Primetime wrote: I thought he
Not distinguishing "your" and
Bondarb, that article is
DaCarez wrote: Primetime
rodneymullen wrote: DaCarez
Though not sure whether it's
My friends and I are now at
Edmundo Braverman
Very few finance guys in NYC
Wow, that was kinda Emo. But
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Hug It Out
Ari_Gold wrote: Wow, that was
I always wanted to be an arms
rodneymullen wrote: 1. I've
Bondarb wrote: u guys are
You should have just labeled
How do you even plan on
When you're a baller, pain is
I just play to win...
wheres the thread about the
kmzz wrote: wheres the thread
Don't give up champ. You're
Let's see... win lottery of