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Would you still pursue IB with high net worth? What about IM possibly? Or is AM a dying industry slowly, and one should use IB for a potential opportunity in private markets (PE)?
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Look Saarang, I doubt WSO has many millionaire members. We’re mostly students (some with rich families), and I bet anyone else commenting is gonna give you a real smart answer about what you can do with that money. But what I’m gonna say is if you’re constantly debating whether or not IB is worth it before even getting a gig in the first place, then it’s likely that’s you won’t succeed in the industry.
Northwestern’s great, but you honestly give it a bad name with your humble brag bullshit littered around this forum. I would enjoy the discussions at WSO much more if you weren’t a part of it.
Did not make the above post, as my account was compromised by a third party.
I would say you aren't too bright but I guess after 6 months you finally realized comments leave a trail lol
Was able to snatch a few beauties before you removed everything, real quality comments my friend
I'm ashamed to be from the same university as you
I can't tell if OP is trolling or just throwing random numbers out there, but I would advise going into some sort of analytics/finance/IB position before starting your own company.
I think 2-4 years working under someone else or in a F500 company would prepare one more adequately to take the reigns in their own business. If you're self funded and inexperienced, small missteps can become costly.
Don't bother with IB (or even college). Put all of your money into high yield bonds and penny stocks. Start reading websites like Bloomberg and pay $2000/mo for an overpriced legacy software. Once you make some money off of your investments, start converting all of your cash into gold and silver. You'll be rich and you can just do nothing for the rest of your life.
Just do nothing. How aspirational
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Hey all of you dumshits that replied to this (especially OP and the yuro), learn what sarcasm is you absolute autismos. No shit high yield bonds are a terrible idea. Thats the joke
You need to find your "professional passion". What you can do to:
You can do well with two of these but when you hit all three it becomes transformational. The problem with seeking success and money (which is very common BTW) for the sake of the success and money is you will run out of steam. There is no relevance. What is enough success? What is enough money? Ultimately you will get to a certain level and get comfortable and decide to no longer push for more success and more money.
For the most part, people who are wildly successful are so because they are extremely talented at something that creates value for others (whether it be as an employee or by creating their own something) and they love doing it. They don't want to stop doing it. They want to expand and improve how they do it, build scale to it, etc. They love it and actually get energy from it. They don't run out of steam.
The success and money are simply a byproduct of the endeavor, not objective.
Another observation: if you seek success and fortune for it's own sake, you will never be happy. You will always compare yourself to others who have more (and there will always be many ).
I won’t publish your full name for now. Like others have said, please just delete your account, Saarang.
If you truly have “changed for the better” then you can start fresh - just don’t say your name or what school you’re from. You’re tarnishing the reputation of Northwestern with your comments and lies.
Your comments are filled with poor attempts at humble bragging or just immature comments (Uncle MD, my “qualifications” will get hot girls, Vanderbilt girls are looking for a rich husband, blessed with a brilliant mind, is 5 million average, my parents’ Lexus and Mercedes). To add insult to injury, you seem like a pathological liar. You never got hacked (you said you did but later admitted to changing for the better, scenarios are “hypotheticals” when they actually apply to you), and your uncle does work at American Funds but I highly doubt he ever worked in IB or was an MD). And then there’s the sociopath thread where you basically imply you’re a sociopath - nice.
Just delete the account and start fresh. If any potential employers type in your real name, which they will, you’re in deep trouble.