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Can you define "successful" for us?
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If you're making more than 2 banker friends, why do you want to get into banking...?
You assume everything is for the immediate gain. Like I said in my original post, I don't see my business growing in the near future (5 years) for some very obvious reasons that are clear to me but others may not see. I can't sell it for much profit as it's service oriented and I'm the person that brings value (clients, business sense and a growing reputation). I want to get out before things get bad. I need a new career before things start to get stagnant or decline.
In addition, more importantly than what I outlined above, I hate the travel associated with my work. I've moved around for my whole life because of my dads job and have not been able call anything home for more than three years. Even though I was able to connect to people and make friends growing up, I never really had any good friends because I viewed everyone as temporary. It was really a facade and I didn't care about anyone at a deep level.
That was all before I started my undergrad studies. The closest thing I have to what I can call a home is my undergraduate college and my fraternity. This is why I want to permanently move somewhere and be able to call it home.
Fair enough. Remember though that a great amount of people aspire to do exactly what it is you are doing now. The vast majority of people do not start their own business, let alone make a living from it as you are doing. I would suggest you have a good hard think about how you could adapt your business to a) fit it in with the lifestyle you want and b) make it scalable and not so dependent on you as an individual.
Don't throw away the fantastic position you are in just because it's getting tough. If you really don't want to do it any more than that is fine, but consider all your options first.
Oh, and running your own successful business puts you ahead of any 4.0 GPA Ivy leage grad in my book when it comes to recruiting.
I meant more along the lines of what does your business do and how much revenue it brings in. But if you're bringing in 100K+ then why leave.
And that first point you make comes off as "running a business is tough so I'll just give up and work at a bank instead." Maybe that's just me though.
I know that running a business is tough, I regularly work 14 hours or more. Maybe I don't work as much as first year analysts but I know what it takes to work hard. Look at my response to Asatar to get an idea of why I want to leave.
Your business is worth a lot more than you think. The value isnt coming from you but rather from the fools who would buy the advices of a 22 y/o with a 2.2 GPA from an unknown school. I would be willing to pay to get their names.
Maybe I needed to clarify that I was working on this before I started school and during school (edited the post to reflect this). You still sound like a condescending tool though.
I've grown up knowing the in's and out's of the industry that I specialize in and know more about it than most people 10 to 15 years older than me.
Once you get an interview, your GPA and university are of little relevance. If you can get in front of the right people and blow them away then you could get hired. The tough part is getting the interview. If your contacts can work you in to an interview then take it.
So long as you attend a no-name university, the only way you'll get hired into the biz is through a network. And it seems counterintuitive, but being an entrepreneur is a black mark on your resume when it comes to landing a salaried job. Hiring managers tend to not want to hire people who aren't used to taking instruction and who may have their head in the stars.
Good point. In addition, I'm guessing that being your own boss could be easily lumped into the category of being over qualified.
Thoughts?
Associate and up travel a lot in banking, including frequent red eyes and little turn around time. So hating travel and going to banking (and consulting or few others jobs) won't really work long term.
I stay in one place and move to the next at random intervals and frequencies.
When I say I hate travelling I mean in the context of how I grew up and what I'm currently doing. I've been living in hotels for the last three months and have not seen my parents house or my own place during this time. I don't think bankers travel like I do. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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