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if the industry is cool then the employees are gonna get exploited cause there is gonna be more demand to work in the industry cause it's cool

 

That's absolutely true. I've got friends working in Fashion (data analytics for a luxury brand) and Music (account manager for a major label) and they get obliterated by the comp/working hours ratio. 

 

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Investment banking is really cool. I hear these people work on the coolest companies and make the most money and have the hottest wives. At least that's what the forum is brainwashed into thinking by their overload banks that don't care if the analyst dies on the desk

Which IB industry group?

https://mergersandinquisitions.com/investment-banking/industry-groups/  

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"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
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The Film Industry.

My friend studied screenwriting at Brooklyn College. He has put out multiple small works. He sent a script to me years ago and asked me to mark it up. So I got a red pen and went to town. I sent it back to him and he was pissed at all the markups I did on his script. We don’t talk that much anymore haha. 

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Well, I love everything about the industry. It is medicine to help the people. Cultivating the best strains is an art and a science.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Yeah def. I want to own an online poker site or with unlimited money would buy a casino yacht where you could play in international waters.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

High demand, High skill industries. 

If you're good, you get to call the shots and join groups that you want to join/create them.

If you're mediocre, you get exploited but still get paid well.

If you're dumb, don't even bother.

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The pay isn’t great but working for an airline is a blast. Interesting work and free or cheap travel nearly anywhere is a fantastic perk.

 

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