There's a lot of people asking what the chances are to break into investment banking. You look at the 2% chance as an uphill battle, but there's a chance. When you, the little
Michael phelps swimmer that you were, beat the other 249,999,999 sperm, you beat the odds. Now you just have to beat the 2% odds of getting into IB. If you ever wonder what you may have in common with an interviewer, just remember you both won the sperm lottery.
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You got the egg first You didn't get jerked off into a towel You beat a 249,999,999 sperm (quick swimmer on the hobbies line for the resume)
This is the stupidest fucking thing I've ever read. Starving kids in Africa also "won" the sperm lottery. Hitler won the sperm lottery.
Hey dumbass. If you win a race and do fucked up things after, guess what? You still won a race.
Where did you get this 2% number?
Things would get awkward quickly if you began any interview answer with "I won the sperm lottery". Interviewer would stop you and ask how much sperm you won.
Let's stop the fuck shit for 2015
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