First post so let me have it you degenerates. Basically, one of my friends has an extremely pretentious sounding name (think William Jordan Belfort IV but more), but he's not sure whether to flaunt it on his resume or in email correspondence. What are the relatives benefits or drawbacks of both. Note: his family have no connections to finance or IB, so there's no chance someone would recognize the name.
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What's the name?
Yes, he should use his real name on his resume.
What is this shit?
I'm picturing "flaunting" his name on his resume as size 50 font, cursive or Papyrus
Damn. Hand-writing your signature, large, at the top of your resume where your name typically goes would be legit.
If I ever saw that I'd probably call the kid in for an interview just to ask him about it.
I'm guessing "flaunting" means the whole freaking name vs. a simple first and last name.
Ex. William Fitzgerald Belmont Harrison IV vs. William Harrison
Does his mom go by the name Bunny?
Your last sentence says there is no chance someone would recognize the name..
Drawbacks: Probably look like a tool
Benefits: I can't really think of any???
Just do first name + last name, Jesus
like this?
William Jordan Belfort IV, Jesus
no, like this:
William Jordan + Belfort IV, Jesus
Have a hard time believing your friend is curious about this. But hey, either way, if you have a douchey looking/sounding name, don't worry about it and roll with it.
If people give you flack, then it's probably cause they're named Pat Smith
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->Calling us degenerates
log in and say it like a man
"Friend"
You want your name to sound as neutral as possible. I have several friends who have an aristocratic family name, eg. "ABC de XYZ". They often drop the "de XYZ".
there are no pretentious names, just pretentious people.
it's not like his name is horatio hornblower or anything.
Idk, Michael Chadwick Johnson Wilkes Bloomberg III, Ph. D is pretty pretentious.
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thank you, thank you for this thread, I needed to know that there are people out there who actually wonder how to write their name on a resume. it's going to be a good week
I think it’s obvious, you should bring him olive oil. It’s really not that hard. The real question is: what kind of olive oil do bankers usually buy?
Well, if you're an Italian banker, possibly Santa Chiara made with Taggiasca olives from Liguria.
If not that, then probably from Tuscany or Puglia.
Here is a PPT about it:
http://www.rosmarinofarm.com/Files/Costa_dei_Rosmarini.pps
Easy answer. Your reputation will be determined by the opposite of type of olive oil you buy.
Extra Virgin if you don't want your boss to think that you're a virgin.
Regular sauteeing olive oil if you want your boss to think you're a virgin.
FYI, Extra virgin is more expensive
+SB, laughing really hard. Thank you for that.
lol
As someone with a big suffix (think III, IV, V, etc.), I leave it off. Keeping it sounds like I'm trying to flaunt something that I don't have (i.e. it sounds old money/waspy but I'm neither)
As long as your middle name doesn't begin with "Thur" - like Thurgood or Thurston or asdfasd
Pretentious name in Poker:
Chris Moneymaker
Annddd dude manages to with the 2003 world series! What a guy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Moneymaker
"Moneymaker was working as an accountant when he won a seat in the Main Event of the 2003 World Series of Poker through a $86 satellite tournament at the PokerStars online poker card room. Although largely unknown prior to the tournament, on day one of the tournament his skills caught the attention of professional sports handicapper Lou Diamond, who called Moneymaker his "dark horse to win the whole tournament."7 Moneymaker went on to win the first prize of $2.5 million, instantly garnering poker superstar status. The 2003 WSOP Main Event was his first live poker tournament."
if there is any possible argument for live poker being rigged (there isn't) it's a dude named chris moneymaker winning the wsop
Dude, a buddy of mine, Louis Winthorpe III, was a commodities broker for Duke & Duke. The firm was founded by wealthy brothers Mortimer and Randolph Duke, who believe Louis to be “a very steady young man” with a preternatural ability to predict trends in various commodities markets. But that didnt stop the Duke brothers from making Louis a pawn in a nature vs. nurture social experiment. They decide to ruin Louis’ life and hire a destitute panhandler, Billy Ray Valentine, to replace him at Duke & Duke and in his brownstone. The scheme is both elegant and thorough – they frame Louis for theft, fire him from his job, evict him, freeze his bank accounts, and plant PCP on him. Ouch!
is this the plot of a dukes of hazzard episode
I think this is the plot of Trading Places
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