How happy are you on a scale of 1-10?(10 being the happiest)
You've always considered investment banking your dream job, now that you’re living your dream, do you still feel fulfilled and satisfied?
Has the reality of the job met your expectations, or have you encountered challenges and aspects you hadn’t anticipated?
Are you happy with where you are, or do you find yourself questioning if this is truly the right path for you?
RATE ON SCALE OF 1-10 (10 being the happiest)
5
I'm just an incoming intern, but already 2! outlier tech comp at shit like NVIDIA while doing jackshit for it makes me wanna switch to product management!
Product Management is a life hack. Tech Sales is almost there too
Agreed. But from someone who’s done it before, sales and PM are incredibly boring. Ppl on this site would rather analyze numbers
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Probably a 5. Sure I have a decent job but it's not leaps and bounds better than anyone else. My personal life is shit because I sacrificed a lot to get and maintain the job at the expense of everything else.
I was let go two months ago, and I believe it's the best thing that ever happened to me—a true blessing in disguise. I never would have quit, but this forced me to stop and think about what I truly care about.
I've had many interviews since then, with several startup companies offering a base pay similar to what I earned as an associate, (around $250k). My bank didn’t even provide good bonuses while I was there and I hated my life. My happiness is way more precious than that extra $100k.
I realise I’m better off trying to build something from scratch or starting on my own to do something I care about.
Life is too short to hate your job, and I don't want to spend another day feeling that way.
Wish you all the happiness and success!
Rate on scale of 1-10
What industry did you go into?
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damn dawg sorry to hear that - feel free to PM me and vent a little if needed. Just put one foot in front of the other in the right direction and you’ll be going places in no time.
im all good man that was just an exaggeration sorry
I'm sorry to hear that. The world is huge place buddy, and no job is worth sacrificing your sanity. You've come this far and are smart enough to sail through anything. Just take care of yourself and PM me if you would like to talk. I've been there, hated my life, but it’s better now and I am sure yours will be too.
Take it one step at a time bro. Believe that better things will come (and they will).
7.5 for me - parents are slowing down a lot and nearing death. I’m trying to deal with everything and either go back to school or restart my finance career.
Considering all that’s going on, 7.5 seems pretty high?
I was at a 10 in April. Fulfilling all my family obligations. And was playing high stakes poker tourneys with a promise of $1.8M for first. I didn't win the poker tourney and my Dad's health and mobility have declined. What used to be easy days with his mobility have turned to hard days of helping to get him around. He is a fall risk and I just am trying to help him avoid falling as he would shatter if he fell. He is 88 and has mild dementia and stage 4 lung and bone cancer. Any day could be his last or he could live 5 more years who knows.
7, just got my first bonus and some needed confidence
1/10
Work is a cutthroat, confrontative, unpleasant environment doing meaningless work with people I dislike.
My physical and mental health has gone to shit and I’ve grown increasingly distant from my family and friends because I don’t have enough time for my relationships. My significant other broke up with me because I didn’t have enough bandwidth to dedicate to a serious relationship.
I’m top bucket too but it’s so not worth it and banking has just done serious damage to my life
Is your relationship with parents normally distant or is this a very different from status quo situation
Although I often rant, I am actually between 7 and 8. Don't keep things in, that's the key.
6. Post MBA job search has dried up a bit (still technically in a process from a company last month but I may be silently rejected at this point). Started networking a ton. Now just waiting around to get follow ups. Have a trip planned around Thanksgiving / early December that will be super fun.
Hoping to land a job by October / early November before the trip. Might have to move cities for work based on some of the calls / leads I have. I do not want to do this but I'm willing to move for 1-2 years (from the NYC area and long term, I want to be here). Two of the people I networked with have offered me either a part-time internship (TBD on details) or an interview for a FT role (my contact is in a position to hire so he might interview me at some point later this month). If the Ft opportunity gives me an offer, I'll probably try really hard to negotiate a remote role with willingness to travel ~50% of the time if needed. I think its just a matter of time until I get an offer somewhere.
how are you maintaining overhead costs and other expenses during this time? Also how does the MBA debt payback process work? Thanks
Have a property that I'm living on now, fully paid off. No MBA debt, wife has a well paying remote job (low 6 figures). Have dipped a bit into my savings which sucks but not in a dire situation.
I thought 90%+ of T15 FT MBAs get employment shortly after graduation? What kind of MBA did you get?
Similar rank as T15 (very close to it). The MBA job market has been bad since last year. Good news is though, I have a handful of contacts land offers recently who have been job searching for awhile. So hopefully things will look up for me soon.
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