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+25 What is the worst US state and why? 26 4y
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+11 What Monitors Should I Buy for WFH? 21 4y
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0 do bankers kick it with traders? 4 4y
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+208 What assumption of yours was broken shortly after you started working? 106 4y
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+3 How important is having strong work ethic 2 4y
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+12 Is 100K salary the new normal? 9 4y
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+4 How much harder has Covid made career changes? 10 4y
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+14 Best finance journals to read. 4 4y
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+23 Is it worth pursuing a girl you don't like that much if her dad is a billionaire? 14 4y
+62 Do you guys ever have days where you have absolutely nothing to do? 32 4y
+11 How does someone's mindset change so drastically from the transition from a poor college kid to a first year employee who thinks he is already a billionaire? 4 4y
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+14 What the hell is up with cars revving their engines at 2am every night in NYC? 22 4y
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+32 thoughts on sending future kids to swiss boarding school? 19 4y
+15 Landed an IB gig in South Florida, whats the move lol? 7 4y
+6 Shit company, great manager - what would you do? 0 4y
+12 Possibly getting screwed over as the eager and capable young worker. 2 4y
+26 Quitting SA 16 4y
+15 MLB Trade Deadline 8 4y
+298 staying awake? 514 4y
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