What do the younger members of WSO do to kill the time?
This current week seems to quite "boring."
Given current conditions, deals are almost impossible to close. I sit here and hear that almost every other deal is on "hold." Those who fortunate to still be working may have seen this happening as banks are unable to make any new commitments and lending/financing has evaporated.
My only distraction is the networking attempts undergrads are making asking for advice regarding getting onto wall street, about F500 programs and valuation consulting. I feel like sending out a mass email to the entire undergrad finance/accounting majors referring them to WSO for any questions they may have.
Last couple of weeks, I've been able to make it home early enough to catch episodes of 30 Rock, The Office and Heroes so there's no point watching them at work. I've been spending my time thinking of ways to stimulate the economy and drooling over Tina Fey imitating Sarah Palin. I'm not sure who I'm attracted to more, Tina Fey or Sarah Palin, actually I think it's more the combination of the two.
I've been keeping up on all my magazine subscriptions, from the article in Wired about the electric car to the spread of Megan Fox in GQ.
I wanted to see what the younger members of WSO (whether it be 1st/2nd years or undergrads) do. I've been looking at some of the newer IM's such as Digsby.
What are you guys addicted to right now other than your BB curve/8800?





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Over the summer I would
Over the summer I would download e-books through bittorent at home and read them at work, good way to kill downtime. I would also spend time checking out companies I wanted to invest in.
These days I've been spending a few hours each day just reading the news (finance & politics mostly) as well as a number of financial blogs.
I spend my free time
I spend my free time lampooning kids on WSO... over 100 posts in the last month; you know deal flow is down :)
Scalp random futures
Scalp random futures contracts that i never trade, Call of Duty 4, GTA4, read up random shit about trading, Multi table tourney poker, and WSO of course.
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The markets have definitely
The markets have definitely been keeping me busy. Breaking news shows up on cnbc left and right. Other than that, the gym keeps me busy,too.
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Out of curiosity, how do you view those networking attempts? Do you look at them as just people trying to get a job anyway they can or do you see them as legitimate? DO you end up passing on resumes to try and help them get a job or only if they really impress you? I'm just curious how people already on wall street think about people who try and network in with them.
Re: Cornelius
Out of curiosity, how do you view those networking attempts? Do you look at them as just people trying to get a job anyway they can or do you see them as legitimate? DO you end up passing on resumes to try and help them get a job or only if they really impress you? I'm just curious how people already on wall street think about people who try and network in with them.
I delete all resumes that are sent to me without prior approval. I don't need it clogging up my inbox.
I usually like it when someone takes the extra step and tries to network. Recently, its been annoying mainly cause the questions have been to the tune of, "What if I can't do banking? What other jobs will get me into a $1 million in 2 years PE/HF role?, I feel like a failure working in corp fin or for metlife in investment management, should I kill myself?"
Okay, that is a little over the top. Here's the thing, if I lost my job, then I probably couldn't even help myself in this market.
After I spoke with few undergrads, I explained to them if they were dead set on banking, to go work for a big name company for 4-5 years and then apply to b-school and hopefully it will be a good market.
A lot of these kids are taking a short term view and feel disgusted that they have to go back to school to get into banking. I might have felt the same way but in all honesty, if I had ages 19-21 back, I would have partied way more than I did.
For the most part I appreciate people networking and reaching out, I've started to detest speaking with undergrads since they all sound pretty depressed and think its the end of their life if they can't do banking. Its kind of funny, since as an analyst starting banking is pretty much the end of ur life for a good 2 years.
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