There’s not enough money in investment banking

An1 here and honestly I am so bored. This job is not challenging me and I honestly don’t think ~2mm per year will be enough for me.

I thought An1 year was supposed to be so difficult but honestly I am just bored out of my fucking mind, not being challenged

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Yeah bro I'm sure people at Jane Street aren't socially weird at all when you see the vibes that emanate from SBF and Caroline Ellison

totally bro, two people who left the company years ago are representative of all people who work there.  think the point is that they didn't come off like hardos and were normal seeming enough to get the job in the first place

 
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Hard to be satisfied with the prospect of $2 / yr at the senior level of IB when you know there are literally people out there (literally the clients) with net worths of 100m+ (and even fucking billions) . Leads you to constantly think about how to position yourself for ... ways to get to that 100m level. If you have any good suggestions let me know - I certainly have ideas of my own

 

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