Do you enjoy your job?/Reflection
I am a college freshman with goals of high finance. Ideally LO PE (if I can get in)
But I was asked, “if you won the lottery ($1b), would you still do that job?”
It kinda made me think, how many of you guys would still be in PE/IB if you financially had “F*ck You” money? And to what extend to you enjoy your careers? Any advice or anything you would/wouldnt do?
-mattfoj
If $1b magically appeared in my bank account, I would definitely quit my job. However, I would take a good chunk of that to manage myself and still dive into researching companies. So I guess I would still do what I do in a way, but just on my own terms.
If 1bn showed up in my account I'd quit and permanently follow the "billionaire's vacation circuit".
St barths aspen courchevel the riviera etc
how badly do you want to be in the billionaire's club
$1bn didn’t fall into my account, but enough did to make me retire very early (35yo) and permanently travel. I didn’t hate the job but now that I’m actually living life, I cannot imagine going back to the office grind on a permanently basis.
How satisfied would you say you are now? Do you ever regret early retirement? Ever get bored?
Incredibly satisfied. I’m the happiest person I know. I have very brief, fleeting moments of regret when I think about how much more money I could have in the bank, but it fades very quickly when I think of having to sit in an office all day long. I’m not one to get bored although it certainly is a risk for a lot of people. The key is to maintain hobbies and be comfortable spending a lot of time alone. This year I spent march in Valencia, the summer in Sardinia (Italian island), visited London / Germany / Jordan, and winter in Cape Town South Africa. Next year is almost definitely going to be something similar with loads of travel. Everyone’s personal goals and ambitions are different, but I wouldn’t trade my life for unliked first class / fancy cars / fancy dining.
But would you do it again?
Living the life! The end goal
Hard to say what I’d do with $1B.
But I love my job
Did you go right into PE?
Love it til about 7:30pm
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