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collateralized puppy obligation / puppy backed security (or something to that effect), the little golden retriever is the best!

"After you work on Wall Street it’s a choice, would you rather work at McDonalds or on the sell-side? I would choose McDonalds over the sell-side.” - David Tepper
 

Anything with Gordon Gekko, Patrick Bateman, or Ari Gold. They're all just so god damn original.

“Millionaires don't use astrology, billionaires do”
 
Nouveau RichieAnything with Gordon Gekko, Patrick Bateman, or Ari Gold. They're all just so god damn original.

i espcially love when people quote Bateman all the time on a finance forum..it's so fresh and inspiring

I eat success for breakfast...with skim milk
 
TonyPerkis
Nouveau RichieAnything with Gordon Gekko, Patrick Bateman, or Ari Gold. They're all just so god damn original.

i espcially love when people quote Bateman all the time on a finance forum..it's so fresh and inspiring

Your compliment was sufficient TonyPerkins.

“Millionaires don't use astrology, billionaires do”
 

I think the answer is obvious.

Under my tutelage, you will grow from boys to men. From men into gladiators. And from gladiators into SWANSONS.
 

mine.

/thread

You're born, you take shit. You get out in the world, you take more shit. You climb a little higher, you take less shit. Till one day you're up in the rarefied atmosphere and you've forgotten what shit even looks like. Welcome to the layer cake, son.
 
Nefarious-mine.

/thread

Where the fuck have you been?
Under my tutelage, you will grow from boys to men. From men into gladiators. And from gladiators into SWANSONS.
 
Flake
Nefarious-mine.

/thread

Where the fuck have you been?

Getting my shit pushed in with work.

You're born, you take shit. You get out in the world, you take more shit. You climb a little higher, you take less shit. Till one day you're up in the rarefied atmosphere and you've forgotten what shit even looks like. Welcome to the layer cake, son.
 

I am surprised I don't see more characters from Mad Men, Spartacus and Game of Thrones. I mean for finance, Wall Street, American Psycho, Boiler Room, Glengarry Glen Ross and etc. are expected.

"I am the hero of the story. I don't need to be saved."
 

This thread is TURRRRIBLE

The answer to your question is 1) network 2) get involved 3) beef up your resume 4) repeat -happypantsmcgee WSO is not your personal search function.
 
eriginalWho was that guy that played the badass in 30 Rock, Malice, Swordfish, Glengary Glenn Ross, The Hunt for Red October, The Departed etc.? It's slipping my mind.

lolz waz funnyz

I eat success for breakfast...with skim milk
 
eriginalWho was that guy that played the badass in 30 Rock, Malice, Swordfish, Glengary Glenn Ross, The Hunt for Red October, The Departed etc.? It's slipping my mind.

hmmmmm.......................................flava flav?

I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
 
eriginalWho was that guy that played the badass in 30 Rock, Malice, Swordfish, Glengary Glenn Ross, The Hunt for Red October, The Departed etc.? It's slipping my mind.
This guy
 

checking in

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