sighBanking

It's 3:30 in the morning and I am still at the office. So...I feel like writing this post. This poem is for all future analysts trying to get into investment banking. From the outside it seems like we are all Gekko, the truth is...

"sighBanking" by SuitedWolf

no suits, no shoes no deals, no wheels no cash, no stash no pay, no play no life, no wife no buy, no sell just...excel

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Nicely done sir. Nicely done.

"It's about the game." - Gordon Gekko "No matter how much money you make, you'll never be rich." - Jacob "Jake" Moore "'Oh Africa Brave Africa'. It was... a laugh riot." - Patrick Bateman
 
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IlliniProgrammerDoes Chicago even have any middle-market banks left? RW Baird is based in Milwaukee and Piper Jaffray is in Minneapolis. First Chicago and LaSalle are all gone, and I'm not sure how much IBanking they did in the first place.
 

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