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whatever floats your boat
to each his own
Different strokes for different folks, man, different strokes.
you say potato i say potahto
Well I mean, theres certainly more than one way to skin a cat.
beautiful. I throw my own in:
to each his own
that's how the cookie crumbles
NO!
Whoever denied it supplied it
whatever puts you to sleep at night bro...
One man's trash is another man's treasure.
there's two sides to every coin
for every hot girl, there's at least one dude who's tired of banging her
hide your kids, hide your wife, hide your husband cause they rapin everybody out here
I've honestly never read that anywhere until this thread. But hey, what are ya gonna do!?
6 of one, half a dozen of the other
Some cucumbers taste better pickled.
some see the glass half empty, some see it half full
Tomato, Tomaato
X's and O's
Call me maybe
I mean... it is what it is.
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Are you trying to tell me it isn't what it is????
Whatever tickles your pickle.
different birds make different turds
Let the chips fall where they may
OP, let's agree to disagree
2 girls 1 cup
Also looking for color on this. Let's circle the wagons and touch base with someone who can open the kimono for us. Net net, let's reach out and leverage our resources and share our plans going forward with a bullish attitude. Just keep it granular though, no point in boiling the ocean. Where the rubber meets the road, put down a full-court press.
That whine comes from sour grapes.
Sometimes you've just got to throw some stuff out there and see what sticks.
nothing better than a chick with a dick
Who's the boss? You're the boss! "pow" No! Tony Danza is the boss!
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tony%20danza
2 girls 1 guy, threesome anyone? But seriously different strokes for different folks
start filling up your bandwidth guys
This thread is pure fucking gold.
DS4DF
No, but I'm tired of the 28 year olds coming on here and giving these long speeches about the meaning of life.
Guys you need to just step back for a minute and like think about it like why are we here and stuff? Like guys it's not about like money and stuff it's like about the like the umm the happyness and stuff like you gotta do you, you know? It's like really important man do you, like and what makes you happy do that too because you're gonna see one day like that if you don't like do that then it's uhmm it's really hard to be smiling cuz you were tryna get the moneys when you shoulda gotten the happyness instead. Like that's what you don't get though. I was born in 1984. And that book was really good too guys, like read it.
I know you're joking, and I still want to punch you in the face.
If you're older and think you might have it figured out, you need to be giving us these speeches.
I will gladly admit that I don't have it figured out. I do know that it's probably not about money and it's definitely not about prestige. Not knowing is part of what makes me moderately depressed.
You don't need to be in your 30s or 40s to know that "Whoever dies with the most toys wins" is ridiculous.
Back to my rusty honda.
Reminded me of this - learn it as early as possible.
Regarding prestige: I remember when I was up for promotion for VP in 2003 or 2004 at a large bank...I thought that was such a big deal. Then, I got it and nothing really changed. Nice to have, but no big deal. I got fancier titles along the way, but never had any sort of anticipation like making VP.
Achievement is a fine goal. To the extent titles are recognition of an achievement, it's an ok goal, but making VP or MD or whatever will not be as big of a deal as people think it will be in advance. It ends up like an expensive watch, you like to obtain it, but quickly it just becomes something to which you are accustomed. It loses the luster.
The funny thing is as you move up in the firm, you find yourself in a position where you have a lot of people reporting to you, many of whom come from different technical backgrounds. So, many will come asking you for direction and advice and you barely even know what they're talking about sometimes. You end up saying things like, "well John/Jane, what do you think we should do?". This is how a lot of committees get formed.
I was just talking to some a-hole today who is in his early 40's who recently switched firms who was talking about the 'brand' of his new firm and the 'pedigrees' of certain people (I guess expecting me to agree with him). The guy went to a good B-School, but hasn't done shit since then and was looking down his nose at people more successful than him that we both know. What an asshat. I don't know exactly where the boundary for clinging to academic credentials is, but I do know that 40 is waaaaay over the line. You went to a great school, guess what? So did almost everyone here and nobody cares. What have you done for me lately?
This is the kind of prestige seeking that is completely and utterly ridiculous. Inexcusable. It blinds people to real opportunities.
I basically wanted to respond to your idea that life is definitely not about prestige and that nobody really has it figured out and then I got a little carried away with a lengthy response.
[after typing this, I realized I'm kind of giving a meaning of life post, sorry about that]
You're making a huge assumption if you think I'm defending the "whoever dies with the most toys wins" philosophy. I'm just tired of the people who think they "know it all" regarding what life is really about, the ones that post trying to tell other people how to live their lives, because they had some sort of realization that they were working WAY too many hours for what they received in return.
btw I'm from Oregon, I smoke tons of weed, and I drive a rusty 1990 acura with over 200k miles on it. So I'm not your average WSO monkey obsessed with money and money only
@BlackHat Classic.
But seriously, @SamuelClemens if you're older than a 28-year-old and think you have things figured out, please share with us. If you need help getting Patrick's attention for a front-page post, shoot me a PM.
Yes, it probably looks like the blind leading the blind in some sense. I would just clarify that us 20-somethings only claim to know that it's dark out when other folks are saying it's noon, not that we can see something.
Also @ BlackHat, that was a thought provoking video, thanks. I see people on this website everyday come on with highly ambitious goals and prospects for making money. Hell I've been one of those posters, but every time someone makes one of those posts, one of you guys that are out there in the real world come in and try to bring the poster down to earth. It usually doesn't work, but you guys certainly try. For some reason, that video just brought me down a notch.
Disregard females, acquire currency
Guess you guys haven't figured it out - the meaning of life is to get hammered and blast Van Halen.
I read it too, SP. I wish you guys had been here two years ago when it was a total obsession over GS/Blackstone/H/Y/P.
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