OP curious to know the type of bank you work at (BB/MM). I’m still in college but smoke. Used to be a daily stoner but have been slowly weaning myself off to completely sobriety. However I do plan to pick it back up, ideally keeping it to once a week, like a weekend treat. How do you manage smoking and staying productive? Also does your company not drug test regularly?

 

Legal here but don't smoke anymore. I find it effects my cognitive ability for at least the day after I smoke. It makes me feel retarded and slow even when I'm no longer high.

 

Went through a phase in college and quickly realized that it made me stupid and lazy. I’m not a neuroscientist but I can say with absolute certainty that it made my brain operate at like 60% speed.

 

The lingering taste and munchies were nasty. I was roomies with the biggest pothead in school for two years though and figured out how to build an awesome gravity bong. Hilariously, I never even used it, but by v.4 it got rave reviews.

The only difference between Asset Management and Investment Research is assets. I generally see somebody I know on TV on Bloomberg/CNBC etc. once or twice a week. This sounds cool, until I remind myself that I see somebody I know on ESPN five days a week.
 

Smoked my way through college. Have had to naturally cut back due to working a lot, but wfh makes it easier if I feel like it.

Edibles and those vape pens are the way to go if you ask me. Smoking the flower is cool sometimes but it causes a ton of phlegm in my throat. Either way, I have yet to feel it stunt my performance at work. I actually smoke before I go work out. Lifting while high is actually one of the more peaceful things out there.

 
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Used to dislike weed until I learned that not all strains are the same.

Now I smoke once or twice a week to either help with my migraines or for recreational usage. I actually found a strain that makes me more productive. I love that creativity bump for my research.

Btw if you run slightly high, it's absolutely amazing.

 

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