Hey monkeys, meeting with a banker specialized in energy for coffee. BSed my e-mail told him I was interested in energy etc. etc. but now, I'm trying to think of a good answer to the "Why Energy?" question.
Any thoughts?
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BS it just like you BS'd your email.
"I like to drill and lay pipes to deliver the goods, so energy is a natural fit"
That's money. You are thinking of money.
Why energy? Why not?
this
Cuz Enron
"Because it's sexy" - Blankfein
Hey I'm interning in green technology/energy right now and its actually pretty cool even though I had no prior interest/experience in it. Wave of the future, very current, affects and is affected by government, public opinion, constant scientific developments. But that might just be me.
Taken straight from M&I: "you could talk about how it affects not only everyone and every economy in the world, but also geopolitics. You could also talk about being interested in promising but controversial technologies like hydraulic fracturing and how quickly the industry is changing due to rising energy demand in emerging markets."
Aside from that, it's not a matter of you actually being interest; rather, making him believe you have interest. Read the news about the energy industry and the future of it. I know Texas as well as some other midwestern states are going to be big in the near future for energy. It's not difficult to make yourself sound intelligent, just find some good sources on the industry and read away.
You can't see it. It's electric! You gotta feel it. It's electric! Ooh, it's shakin'. It's electric!
Then break out in dance.
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