Feeling Lost in Life Because of IB
Idk guys Im turning into a girl on her period. There are these moments where I get super confused and question everything I'm doing and others where I'm locked in into recruiting. Anyways, I've lately had this urge to live life like a fucking gangster, doing cool shit like tech startups, or become a fucking restaurant owner (after I become rich from tech startups ofc), and then start a space tech startup or some shit.
Anyways guys there's this quote from Alex Hormozi that I recently heard: "Ask the girl. Shoot the shot. Launch the business. Run the ad. Quit the job. Take the risk. When you’re 85 years old and on your deathbed, you’re not gonna wish you had fewer crazy stories."
It just hit so fucking hard guys and made me tear up when I envisioned a long career in banking.
For context, I'm an asian from an upper middle-class family who's always gunned for the shiniest things in life because that's what everyone else around me was going for and because my parents wanted me to do it. In high school, I grinded my ass off to get to a top target school (hypsmw) to study econ/finance and now since all my peers are recruiting for IB, I've also been doing the same.
However, I've always been passionate about startups and doing my own thing, paving my own path in life. Due to recent life experiences, I've been reminded that I need to find satisfaction and true joy in life rather than working myself to death for 30 years in a soul-crushing monotonous job. I know, I know, a bunch of y'all are gonna call me a pussy for not pushing myself to the limit, dealing with corporate bs and eventually make hella bread. However, I feel like I'd be the pussy if I chose this path where if you just put your head down and monotonously grind like a monkey, you'll make good money but at the sacrifice of your mental and physical health. It's a lot more bold to pave your own path to riches.
Last summer I interned at a bank in NYC and the corporate structure just really fucking drained me. At a certain point I just wanted to quit, but I didn't. Instead, I just played Clash Royale at my desk because I didn't fucking care anymore.
Idk maybe I have ADHD because I can't focus and just grind, but two weeks ago, me and a buddy started working on a SAAS startup and those two weeks of working on it has been some of the most adrenaline-inducing two weeks of my life. I was able to go for 8 hours straight every day. I was fucking locked in as if I snorted a whole lotta candy. I would legit hold my pee in because I wanted continue working and not take a break. And when I do take that break to use the bathroom, I would literally be shaking in excitement, at the visions I had for this startup.
Sometimes I wish I didn't have all these expectations, whether that be from the school I go to and the people I surround myself with or my family. My dad wants me to land that sweet Goldman internship so his boy could be that handsome always-busy 6 ft 3 asian chad rocking a wet slick back always in a suit working on Wall Street raking in shit loads. I genuinely believe if my parents did not care a shit about what I did and if I went to some random no-name school, I'd be working on some startup, doing something super cool, and paving my own path that leads to satisfaction and also lots of money of course.
Idk guys, I guess just need some input from any of y'all that may have had the same realization as I have. I've been really reflecting on the kind of life I want live and it's this idealistic life where I am happy, healthy, have time for relationships, enjoying work, and making good money. I was thinking of just dropping out IB recruiting (maybe just halfass some BBs interviews in case I change my mind later), and go all out on the many exciting ideas I have. I'm lucky to be in a school where there's actually a lot of resources and support for startups despite being very well known for something else. In fact, I've even got friends who've raised millions with their startups and they've just inspired me to do the same.
Anyways, I figured I'll start recruiting for MBB this summer because if this whole startup thing fails, 2 years of MBB could be pretty useful in getting me back on track for my dreams.
If you hated IB to the point of wanting to quit just as an intern, I would not go back. Do something you at least somewhat enjoy or can tolerate, because if you do banking and quit after a few months (full-time is much worse than the internship) you will be in a very tough spot and hard to find a job from there.
That said, I would be careful you're not looking at the startup with rose-colored glasses. Two weeks is a pretty short amount of time to work on something, and that is not a normal work-life relationship. Run a non-emotional analysis: what differentiates this from the zillion other SAAS startups? What type of access do you guys have to funding? What's the backup plan (sounds like MBB? that is still very competitive)
Hey man. Totally get it. Startups are risky and hard and its been only two weeks. I've been reflecting a lot about startups and here's how I see it. With AI, SAAS startups are able to scale very quickly from a development standpoint. This means long gone are the days of spending months on just development and here come the days of faster deployment to the market. I truly believe that if I just devlop, launch, fail, develop, launch, fail... and so on, every consecutive develop and launch will have a higher likelihood of success because of the exposure I get. Maybe after my tenth attempt I realize startup ain't it for me, I feel like there will be lots of doors open for me to pivot into because I would have made so many connections along this journey, like maybe joining an already established growing startup, joining a VC firm, big tech PM, etc. At that point, I know I won't regret my decision to choose startup because the journey would have been incredible, even if my friends are bringing millions as MDs.
Anyways, I'm not experienced with this which is why I posted this post. I really would appreciate guidance. Also btw, I'm a sophomore and have not interned in IB yet. My previous internship was at a bank but not in IB and I still hated it, not for the work that was being done, but for the way the work was being done.
I’m at a sophomore at a target and relate a lot to this. I’m finding it hard to motivate myself to recruit for IB and I keep thinking to myself I really don’t want this as badly as my peers do. Problem is I have no idea what else I could do as an Econ major with no technical skills lol.
Congrats on Wharton
It truly is a magical school where such talented students who were destined to change the world in some meaningful way decide that money and a more structured path to it is more important.
Quality Asianic shit post
Hahahahah if you hated life as an intern you are honestly going to want to blow your brains out as an analyst.
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