Title pretty much says it all. I want to know why you guys are going through all the stress and hardship to make the big bucks. Like a lot of people on here I was lucky enough to be born into a pretty affluent/privileged family, so my goals are to drive a Ferrari (or something like that) and live in a cool/nice neighborhood with a good work/life balance (obviously a quite a few years down the road since I'm in my early 20's). I know some people have very different motivations such as supporting working class parents, being able to retire super early, etc., and I'm curious to hear what you guys have to say.
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Every job is dead boring, and since I can't shoot communists with some bros in the jungles of Congo, I might as well do the job that provides the highest possible compensation
Based and commies-aren´t-people-pilled
Cant tell if your trolling but...facts bro. Every since I joined the military and learned about CIA covert ops and read Ghost Wars and Legacy of Ashes I wanted to join the CIA. Then I found out that we dont really do that stuff anymore unless a major war or global conflict is going on and the war is over. Now I work at desk and wish I was cool. My VPs seem pretty cool though. Maybe it gets better.
Lions, tigers, kangaroos
Long-haired Jodi and a commie too
If I had one bullet, one gun
Shoot the commie let the long-hair run
This. Money and prestige and the lack of feasibility of doing something they enjoy is the reason >99% of the people in high finance are in high finance.
So I can stay unmarried and ball out on my 40 foot center console fishing in the Bahamas with my buddies and a bunch of hot girls.
While both previous comments of the Congo or balling out in the Caribbean make sense, I do it because it’s interesting. Just make sure you stick in a vertical you’re genuinely passionate about.
So my kid doesn't have to do this bullshit
what if he grows up hating your guts (maybe because you were absent too much, or maybe because he has no other way to establish himself cause everything was already done for him) and becomes a pink-haired face-tattooed belly-button-pierced non-binary gay who spends all his time smoking weed at Eat The Rich rallies? will you feel like you wasted your life then (cause all you did was sacrificing your life to provide for him)?
disown him and get a new one
As long as he's not trying to be as edgy as you on the internet, I'll be fine with his choices.
I'll be out before he can remember anything.
But, you should get some help...
To make money, find a nice wife, have a nice car/home, financially stable, and to bring honor to my family. "You know xyz's son? He made it to Goldman Sachs and drives a BMW 7 series!"
Its funny how people got so caught up in crafting a good why banking/ why pe interview answer that theyve convinced themselves that it isnt for money lol. no one gives a fuck about "a dynamic and fast paced environment!" unless the alternative is literally watching paint dry
fr bro like would anyone work int these fields if comp wasn't amazing?
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Honestly, 99% ego, 1% because I got comfortable with the lifestyle and want to maintain it.
Competition and wanting to be the best, and high finance gives you this opportunity by promoting/giving you more responsibility very quickly compared to corporate. Also let’s be honest, money is part of it
Just wanted to quote this response from an older thread. Heavy stuff.
https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/are-some-of-us-very-insecure
very noble of him
So I can one day f*ck your mom. 3
Honestly I like fast cars and nice watches enough that I know I need to make decent money
I’ve lived a certain lifestyle all my life and at some point we faced a lot of losses, so I want to earn enough to at-least maintain the same lifestyle I had before we faced losses.
$$$$$$$$$$
retire early, travel the world, fuck bitches, try driving all the cool sports cars from Need For Speed video games in real life
A big reason for me is that I grew up in a lower upper class family. So generally well off but not enough that I have some large trust. I’m accustomed to a certain level of comfort and wouldn’t be happy with myself not being able to maintain that standard of living. So finance gave me that.
damn that's kinda my exact situation
Hard to advance within corporate companies, it's too slow. Best corporate job offers (outside of tech) often go to ex-consultants/IB/PE (at manager level and beyond, wouldn't recommend honestly entering below manager). These types of jobs usually include interesting internal/external strategy executions that rarely anyone beyond C-Suite/senior management has access to until these strategic changes happen. These roles can be often exclusive from mundane/repetitive work that's fairly accessible to the majority of the company (I'm in one of these types of somewhat slow moving repetitive roles and it gets boring quickly).
I will say if you're a talented engineer, you can have limitless opportunities. Strong tech employers could care less about the prestige of your undergrad/MBA if you're an gifted coder/SWE.
Agree a lot with this.
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I’m scared of instability. Of being poor again. Once you have reliable heating once in your life you never want to go back.
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