Q&A: I'm at the end of the WSO Rainbow and Profoundly Unhappy

I'm in my early-to-mid 20's, I work in PE, I'll make nearly $500k this year and I have no fucking idea what I'm doing. I went to the doctor. He said I drink too much coffee, get too little sleep, and drink too much alcohol. I didn't tell him I also have a lot of drunken (often unprotected) sex with random girls... the last of which I met on the street at 3AM and within 30 minutes, I bought her a taco and then took her back to her place and .... In the morning, I didn't remember much but I did vaguely feeling guilty. I wracked my brain and then remembered that that just as I was about to [redacted] for the sole purpose of letting her know what I piece of shit I thought she was. That must be the source of guilt. To her credit, she did have great [redacted].

I also hate my fucking job and everything about it. There are a total of 0 fucks given deep in the recesses of my office at [insert firm name here]. But I deeply want to excel and be the best at what I do, but I just can't seem to get myself to do anything. Maybe I'll go to a hedge fund, maybe I'll stay in PE, launch a start-up... maybe I'll go to b-school and defer that decision. I have no idea whether I'll get into b-school... but maybe it will be some reprieve from my current dismal existence. I can make some new friends and travel and probably continue to drink too much alcohol and caffeine. I've been hyper-motivated my entire life, but for some reason for the last year or so I can't seem to want to do anything. I can't exactly tell whether I (a) hate my job; (b) hate the people I work with; (c) am just in a weird funk. And so its very challenging to figure out exactly what it is I need to change to not be so sub-optimal. In addition to a drunk, a degenerate and a womanizer, I'm also a spendthrift. I've made a lot of money, and I have $1,200 in my bank account. I have no savings. And I borrowed ~$20k out of my $40k 401k last year to help a family member and fund a vacation. I own a $2,800 suit, a $1,000 pair of shoes, and numerous other things that I can fiscally afford but practically cannot. I went through a phase last year where I'd go to Delmonicos or Smith & Wollenski by myself and have a steak dinner and a bottle of wine. I could go on about the vapid dimensions of my life… but I but I just don't feel like it. Why am I telling you this? I'm not entirely sure. Maybe its a cathartic anonymous confessional. Maybe its to let you know that while by WSO standards I'm a phenomenal success and to others I seem very successful and happy... its actually quite a dark and empty life I lead. How's that to bum you out?

 
Mez:

Take an anti-depressant? Personally I think that maybe you need to volunteer at a charity or go to church, do something that that will provide some sort of meaning for your life. Even if it just to get you through this minor emotional crisis.

 

not sure what the point of this is. it sounds like you have some issues that are deeper than disgust with your current work/love/social life, I'd reach out to true friends & family (not drinking buddies, people who would never leave your side even in the darkest of times) and lay this on them, they know you better than us.

and if this is just meant for you to say "look at me, I've done the WSO dream and I hate it, how's it taste mothafuckas?!" then I think you're missing the point. maybe PE wasn't for you, maybe your firm isn't for you, or maybe it is for you and you've just made some bad choices that have negatively impacted your personal life and thus your work life suffers. I read what you wrote, but I think you're just scratching the surface.

I don't have anything to ask, but I am sorry for you.

 

must've missed the irony. either way I stand by my advice. you need the kind of help WSO can't provide. if you don't have family, go to a support group or a shrink.

I failed to mention the best case scenario: sabbatical, if I was in your predicament, I'd leave town for Central America, go surfing, and teach English for a pittance, just to get away from it all. think about something like this.

about your spending, no easy way to fix that. you'll likely alienate your friends who consume at your level, not get laid as much, and have to actually cook a meal, but it can be done, especially on your income. just start tracking it and if you're a normal person the sticker shock of what you spend in each category will force you to change behaviors, even if this means moving to Brooklyn/smaller apt, getting takeout instead of S&W, drinking Robert Mondavi instead of something costing $1,000 (not a wine guy so I can't name drop), and wearing calvin klein suits + AE shoes instead of whatever super expensive stuff you currently wear.

there is a silver lining here, OP. you're in your early-mid 20's, so time is on your side. it's my guess you're still "finding yourself," I went through a lot emotionally between 22-24, so I'm betting you'll grow out of this. best of luck.

 

This isn't a psychiatric issue at its core, it's a biological issue. Anybody who drinks constantly and doesn't sleep, especially while in a stressful job, is going to to lose motivation and get depressed. Your body you burned out. Sleep more and drink less and most of your problems will go away. The human body isn't meant to have prolonged exposure to the life style you're giving it. You feel depressed because you're killing your self.

 

Be a fuckin man. Literally.

Alcohol, stress and lack of physical activity lower testosterone levels. So does aging.

Start a contact sport and heavy weight lifting, and cut down on your drinking.

Testosterone drives competitiveness, motivation and a variety of other things. Get your testosterone level up and you'll be happier and/or motivated to put yourself in a position to be happier.

 
Marcus_Halberstram:

Be a fuckin man. Literally.

Alcohol, stress and lack of physical activity lower testosterone levels. So does aging.

Start a contact sport and heavy weight lifting, and cut down on your drinking.

Testosterone drives competitiveness, motivation and a variety of other things. Get your testosterone level up and you'll be happier and/or motivated to put yourself in a position to be happier.

I agree. Also, quit the booz for a while and stop the NSFW and pink money stuff, if you are doing that. You need to learn how to play with real women when you're sober.

[quote=Matrick][in reply to Tony Snark"]Why aren't you blogging for WSO and become the date doctor for WSO? There seems to be demand. [/quote] [quote=BatMasterson][in reply to Tony Snark's dating tip] Sensible advice.[/quote]
 

Looks like a troll post.

Speaking from experience, it's very difficult to burn through $500k pa and come out the other end with no savings or assets.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, post threads about how to do it on WSO.
 

Assuming he lives in NYC/CA, by the time the government is done taking their cuts he probably had less than $250k left. This is another reason why carries/capital gains go much further. Re associates making $500k, I know some at Centerbridge got that much when they were doing very well so it is not impossible.

Too late for second-guessing Too late to go back to sleep.
 
SSits:

Looks like a troll post.

Speaking from experience, it's very difficult to burn through $500k pa and come out the other end with no savings or assets.

Depends on if you're doing shit like buying $300 shots.

Now here's the thing....it really depends on if you know what you're working to. I worked a job with conditions pretty similar to finance pre-MBA. Good compensation (not remotely close to VP/MD comp, but a nice standard of living), massively long work hours, dick bosses, highly regarded in the eyes of society, etc.

If you don't know what you're working towards, don't believe in the work your doing, and/or hate the people you work with then it's a rough journey.

You want to know why I'm moving from a very "white knight" profession into one that's got a reputation for being greedy and slimy as fuck? Part of it is family if we're being honest. Part of it is because I get bored easily and kind of NEED that constant pressure to stay engaged.

But you know why I'm comfortable going after money? Because I know it's kinda hard to do good things when you're begging and scraping for an extra dollar to be sent your way. If you make huge amounts of money there's not a reason in the world that you simply must spend it on a fancy wine cellar and a house in the hamptons. You can just as easily use that money to start a homeless shelter, start a school, fund inner city programs.....you name a cause it becomes much easier to advance it if you have huge amounts of money.

You all want to know how powerful it is? Here's a dirty little secret you won't get from anyone but me: The recent advancement of "gay rights" in America owes very little to shifting public sentiment. It has a lot more to do with a massive influx of money from some very wealth individuals that started in the early 2000s one of whom I am acquainted with and is that way because his son/daughter is a closeted homosexual.

The same is true for many other social causes. One veterans foundation I know of succeeded because they got a huge grant to get started. A lady out where I was stationed inhereted a large amount of money and used to to start a homelessness charity.

 

"I wracked my brain and then remembered that that just as I was about to bust I went V to A to V, for the sole purpose of letting her know what I piece of shit I thought she was."

Please post more often.

Edit: Wait, I'm picturing this now. You were able to just slip it in that easily, no fingers or anything? No lube? Or was pussy juice errwur?

heister: Look at all these wannabe richies hating on an expensive salad. https://arthuxtable.com/
 

This is an easy one:

(1) Your job sucks. You make a lot, but you work too much. I was an engineer, worked 40 hours per week doing decent work, and was happier than now when I work a shit ton, and make a lot more. The job makes you drink too much caffeine and sleep too little. I understand where you're coming from.

(2) The extra spending isn't worth it. It feels good to spend money. It gives you a little dopamine rush. That said, you could get the same dopamine rush if you spent less, and then every once in a while splurged. A simple way to look at it is if you always buy $20 bottles of wine, buying a $40 is a "rush". If you always buy $100 bottles, buying a $200 bottle is a rush. You can get the same effect while spending less if you play your cards right

Long story short:

Stop spending so much and start saving. Once you get a few $M in the bank, quit your job and get something low stress / part-time (teaching online?) while you rotate between living in foreign countries, enjoying life.

Edit: OpsDude nailed it up top

 

You're coming to terms with your nihilistic life. Take a vacation. Loose the booze. HIT the gym.

You probably do hate your coworkers, your job, and your clients. That's no reason to give up. You've had the fortitude to make it this far. Rest assured, that chances are, your boss hates his life as much as you hate yours.

What's with the shitty attitude? You're not the piece of shit, you're a success. Just look at the decadent lifestyle you've earned. Couple more years and you can retire like a man.

How ugly are you that you've spent up a $500k salary in your 20s to get laid?

 

I agree with @"SSits". I think that you're trolling.

A kid somehow making $500k as a Pre-MBA couldn't possible be this unhappy. It would take true effort to burn through that much cash with junior finance work hours.

Please don't quote Patrick Bateman.
 

What is the authenicity of this post . OP sounds like pure fiction . I wonder if these threads are for entertainment only.

You Can't Handle the Truth!
 

But you did say you are in your early-to-mid 20's, didn't you? You can't possibly have had an MBA at that age, can you? And your profile says you are a 2nd year analyst in investment banking - generalist, with the start date of June 11, 2014.

 

Love people disecting this post like they are a detective. It is either a troll post or a dude venting. Either way WTF. Mid-20's means like 25-28. Assuming you graduate at 22, work in IB for 2 years, then go into PE, that would make him around 24-25-26.

Assuming analysts make say $100-120K all in Y1, then slightly more Y2, and going to PE you'd expect around $200-250 all in, and assuming he has worked in PE for more than one year (hence mid-20's) then his comp would grow accordingly.

So I don't know why this story is so out of control. Maybe the $500K is a stretch, but making $200-300K surly isn't. And guess what? Finance is a fucking grind. And what do you do in NYC? Black out and creep. So what exactly is the issue with this posters post?

 
Guys, should raw dogging rando's in the ass really be front page for WSO?
Besides the fact that this question is hilarious, I do agree.
"You rarely have time for everything you want in this life, so you need to make choices. And hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are." - Mister Rogers
 
HedgeKing:

He said he is in his early-to-mid 20's, not mid 20's. Then there is his WSO profile, which says he is a 2nd year IBD analyst.

How about the fact that he has been a member for 6 years and like 4 years ago was discussing banking shit. So that would fit with my above timeline.

Furthermore, who cares.

 

Happiness is created within your own mind. You define happiness and if you're not happy, you have to make a change.

Also, sleep does a significant amount. I had too much caffeine to the point I had an anxiety attack last fall semester.

Lack of sleep reduces testosterone, drive, and even emotional stability. Alcohol consumption requires some sort of recovery. Too much caffeine and you're on the brink of an anxiety attack if you don't have the right mental state and too much pressure.

Pick one of the three and ditch it. Get more sleep if you can. This will reduce your need for caffeine anyways. Try something new and, if you can, take a vacation or go somewhere really nice for vacation and sit on a beach and have fun.

Also, if you can, exercise daily or 5-6 times a week. It can make a huge difference on your view on life.

 

You lack a greater purpose in life - everyone gets this, most in their teens, some in twenties, others in thirties.

The point is you're confronted with a gaping hole and questioning of your life, how you choose to respond to it will determine who you are. Some fill this with religion, others with business, others with family and others with joining a community.

In essence you crave significance and purpose in your life on an emotional level, just another addiction, but one which is far more fulfilling.

My own advice to combat this is to pursue virtue. What virtues do you aspire to have as a person - how are you achieving this?

 

Hey man, it's your money and you can do what you want with it. While what you've been doing may be considered "financially irresponsible", I think your biggest issue lies within where you're spending your time. Why not take one or two days of drinking during the week and check out an MMA gym? Or join Equinox and get a trainer to get things rolling if you're not too familiar with working out. After a few weeks of changing up your fitness and diet, you'll feel and look better and potentially slow down with the models and bottles and instead find some good friends where you don't have to overcompensate with the public display of throwing $ around on expensive shit. Just my 2 cents, but realize that the recoveries are going to get worse and worse, and will eventually affect your day-to-day performance if they haven't already.

 
torchic:

mebbe try helping this guy out instead of bragging about your 15 suits and scoffing at his salary

Actually, what I am doing is helping him stay motivated. If he feels like he has satsified maslows heir. and now he is just wallowing in shit (perhaps literally), then that is no good. If he understands that he still has plenty to prove and needs to keep kicking ass at least he may do that.

I WANT YOU TO DEAL WITH YOUR PROBLEMS, BY BECOMING RICH!

 
dutchduke:

500k is not at the end of the WSO rainbow, neither is owning a $2800 suit (I own about 15)

Anyway, if that's your motivation you have a long ass way down the rainbow. Once you are making at least a mil a year, come back to us.

500k is almost half a mil. OP is close
heister: Look at all these wannabe richies hating on an expensive salad. https://arthuxtable.com/
 

Dude - think you just need to sleep. Seriously.

I went through a period where I was up for 24 hrs straight and felt the exact same way. Take a few days and literally just relax. It would take your body a while to get back into its regular pace so one night's sleep isn't going to be sufficient

 

OP I think your first order of business should be getting tested. If that girl's ass was so loose that you could seamlessly transition from V to A without lube then I can guarantee you are not the first guy to have bought her a taco.

 
Stryfe:

OP I think your first order of business should be getting tested. If that girl's ass was so loose that you could seamlessly transition from V to A without lube then I can guarantee you are not the first guy to have bought her a taco.

lel SBd for tactical use of brackets for purposes of humoring one's fellow man
heister: Look at all these wannabe richies hating on an expensive salad. https://arthuxtable.com/
 
Stryfe:

OP I think your first order of business should be getting tested. If that girl's ass was so loose that you could seamlessly transition from V to A without lube then I can guarantee you are not the first guy to have bought her a taco.

He got tested. A+ was his score hahah

 

@"WallStreetOasis.com" @"AndyLouis"

How long before one of you edits/redacts my post like you did OPs?

You nitwits do realize that 90% of the traffic/comments on this thread was propagated by the V-A-V comment, and 90% of the discussion that took place after redaction was probably from people who had already read those few sentences? So you effectively took something that compelled users to read and post to this thread and sterilized it of the je ne sais quoi in a users-create-the-content forum, in order to make it as bland and flavorless as if you had a moderator write a piece about networking for success on linked in.

If it did get picked up by BusinessInsider/HuffPost, it very possibly would have gone viral and the primary benefactor would have been WSO.

I've bitched and moaned about this quite a bit in the past, and I get that WSO is a delicate balance between a frat house and an interview room, but don't forget where your bread is buttered.

 
Marcus_Halberstram:

@WallStreetOasis.com
@AndyLouis

How long before one of you edits/redacts my post like you did OPs?

You nitwits do realize that 90% of the traffic/comments on this thread was propagated by the V-A-V comment, and 90% of the discussion that took place after redaction was probably from people who had already read those few sentences? So you effectively took something that compelled users to read and post to this thread and sterilized it of the je ne sais quoi in a users-create-the-content forum, in order to make it as bland and flavorless as if you had a moderator write a piece about networking for success on linked in.

If it did get picked up by BusinessInsider/HuffPost, it very possibly would have gone viral and the primary benefactor would have been WSO.

I've bitched and moaned about this quite a bit in the past, and I get that WSO is a delicate balance between a frat house and an interview room, but don't forget where your bread is buttered.

How do you know that OP didn't just remove that to get back on track? I doubt they'd let me jerking off thread slide and redact that.

heister: Look at all these wannabe richies hating on an expensive salad. https://arthuxtable.com/
 
In The Flesh:

A great way to help you sleep is to wash down half a bottle of sleeping pills with a long swig of whiskey. Works all the time.

but only once if you do it right
heister: Look at all these wannabe richies hating on an expensive salad. https://arthuxtable.com/
 

boo hoo, wah wah wah. Go to a soup kitchen and see how the other side lives. Then take stock of how easy your life is and how you are wasting it.

 
nv-m:

boo hoo, wah wah wah. Go to a soup kitchen and see how the other side lives. Then take stock of how easy your life is and how you are wasting it.

everyone has their own reality, broheimer. even the gods got pissed and threw tantrums
heister: Look at all these wannabe richies hating on an expensive salad. https://arthuxtable.com/
 

The OP acts like he has it bad, but I can relate to the OP in some ways. With the exception that I was actually homeless at one point in time after college with no job, couch surfing. Then, got lucky, started making money, and spending it like a dickhead taking it for granted.

Anyways, long story short, I encountered this like phenomenon, called "man the eff up." I highly suggest you try it. Sounds like you don't have anyone that is on your ass giving you direction or motivation to look forward to something.

I was in the same situation as you at one point in time, until I met this babe who keeps my ass in check, yet puts up with my shit (honestly I still can't believe she is still with me) and she has changed my life.

My suggestions are: Stop drinking so much, hit the gym, find a steady girlfriend (no taco stand sluts, especially the chicks that like charizo), don't take what you have for granted and be thankful for what you got, and finally....man the eff up.

This is coming from a piece of shit redneck so I guess i don't know any better.

 

This is not personal but I think replies that bash the OP (or any other manic depressive posts about well off people complaning about emptiness in their life) to man the eff up just because by everyone else's standards he is very well off is just being lamebrain simpleton. Whether the OP is a troll or not, the streak of depression throughout society is starting to become glaring. We've moved on from being people who were merely satisfied with food, shelter and simplistic emotional connections with a significant other to something beyond. For those who realize there's more to it than simply being occupied with pleasure, these individuals crave real absolutes (not religion) that we can hold onto which can be almost non existent as 99% of stuff around us can be trivialized. I can see how complaining when there are millions of people starving is dipshit behavior but sometimes "live on just because..." is not enough. So no, stop bitch-slapping everyone with the dogmatic dream life you think everyone should have and expect those you think who have it should be appropriately contented and happy.

 

OP I'm assuming you worked at least 3yrs to make it to the 500k salary range. Hopefully you've been changing firms BC if you've been with the same firm for 3 years and all you have is 40 in your 401k you are really messing up, that's less than the limit. I make a lot less and can put up more than 40 in 3 years. You need to take care of #1 first and manage your own money which a lot of people are burnt out after managing someone else's all day. Since you are not thrifty you probably should add an Ira to shield money from your self in addition to the employer sponsored plan

 

This is probably one of the most successful trolls I've ever seen. Seriously, you should be in a Troll Hall of Fame.

"You are neither right nor wrong because the crowd disagrees with you. You are right because your data and reasoning are right." -Warren Buffett
 
InterestedinVC:

This is probably one of the most successful trolls I've ever seen. Seriously, you should be in a Troll Hall of Fame.

Dude, this is nothing. And possibly not even a troll.

I never understood people's infatuation with calling out trolling. Like, it makes no difference to you either way; you'll never meet this person. Just pretend they're for real. Who gives a fuck.

heister: Look at all these wannabe richies hating on an expensive salad. https://arthuxtable.com/
 
GoldenCinderblock:
InterestedinVC:

This is probably one of the most successful trolls I've ever seen. Seriously, you should be in a Troll Hall of Fame.

Dude, this is nothing. And possibly not even a troll.

I never understood people's infatuation with calling out trolling. Like, it makes no difference to you either way; you'll never meet this person. Just pretend they're for real. Who gives a fuck.

Exactly what is happening right now, causing a discussion between us.
Money never sleeps.
 

Unless you have a serious drug problem or a gambling problem I don't see how you can only have $1,200 in your bank account. Unless you are one of those people that spends 80% of their income on rent.

Cheer up I feel exactly the same sometimes. Buy a dog and you will have a best friend that will help you pick up tons of nice girls that will actually care about you.

Trust me on the dog. I bought an english bulldog puppy and he does all the work for me when it comes to picking up chicks.

About the steaks, nothing wrong with that. I do that too but without the bottle of wine (makes you look like a lonely loser).

On the women thing it comes with the Job i get out of work at 4 pm sometimes just to go meet a side chick and screw her. It's the stress.

"The higher up the mountain, the more treacherous the path" -Frank Underwood
 
Barboone:

Unless you have a serious drug problem or a gambling problem I don't see how you can only have $1,200 in your bank account. Unless you are one of those people that spends 80% of their income on rent.

Cheer up I feel exactly the same sometimes. Buy a dog and you will have a best friend that will help you pick up tons of nice girls that will actually care about you.

Trust me on the dog. I bought an english bulldog puppy and he does all the work for me when it comes to picking up chicks.

About the steaks, nothing wrong with that. I do that too but without the bottle of wine (makes you look like a lonely loser).

On the women thing it comes with the Job i get out of work at 4 pm sometimes just to go meet a side chick and screw her. It's the stress.

u sound like a loser tho

 
Lucky Charms:

Not really. He probably just doesn't wanna go full-retard on life.

lol sure, bareback v-a-v with random girl walking on 3am street for a price of a taco is definitely brilliant

 

Colonel_Sanders, I understand you..the total feeling of confusion when by all standards, things should be fine. The hard truth, which you may not want to accept is; You need God. You may think your behaviour and life has absolutely nothing to do with God, but it does. You were created to enjoy him and if you have no regard for him, happiness and a sense of direction and fufillment will be far. He will help you make sense of it all. Humble yourself, relax your grip and tell yourself the truth. God cares ..and he is waiting..

 
Interested:

Colonel_Sanders, I understand you..the total feeling of confusion when by all standards, things should be fine. The hard truth, which you may not want to accept is; You need God. You may think your behaviour and life has absolutely nothing to do with God, but it does. You were created to enjoy him and if you have no regard for him, happiness and a sense of direction and fufillment will be far. He will help you make sense of it all. Humble yourself, relax your grip and tell yourself the truth.
God cares ..and he is waiting..

Would throw MS 100X if I could.
 
Interested:

Colonel_Sanders, I understand you..the total feeling of confusion when by all standards, things should be fine. The hard truth, which you may not want to accept is; You need God. You may think your behaviour and life has absolutely nothing to do with God, but it does. You were created to enjoy him and if you have no regard for him, happiness and a sense of direction and fufillment will be far. He will help you make sense of it all. Humble yourself, relax your grip and tell yourself the truth.
God cares ..and he is waiting..

Lol I have no dog in this fight, but why does God rustle everyone's jimmies so much? If someone wants to evangelize a lil bit, let them burn God's beautiful fucking oxygen doing it if they want.

 
hankyfootball:
Interested:

Colonel_Sanders, I understand you..the total feeling of confusion when by all standards, things should be fine. The hard truth, which you may not want to accept is; You need God. You may think your behaviour and life has absolutely nothing to do with God, but it does. You were created to enjoy him and if you have no regard for him, happiness and a sense of direction and fufillment will be far. He will help you make sense of it all. Humble yourself, relax your grip and tell yourself the truth.
God cares ..and he is waiting..

Lol I have no dog in this fight, but why does God rustle everyone's jimmies so much? If someone wants to evangelize a lil bit, let them burn God's beautiful fucking oxygen doing it if they want.

Why don't I go around telling you how letting Santa into your heart will solve all your problems?

Has anyone ever been like, "Oh, this stranger thinks God is the ointment to my ailments. Let's give that a shot." Probably, but not many. It's fucking annoying and condescending.

I fucking despise religion. And people are free to believe whatever they want, but keep that shit to yourself.

inb4 4 pounds of monkey shit. don't care. fuck you. go to hell

heister: Look at all these wannabe richies hating on an expensive salad. https://arthuxtable.com/
 

Im sorry you feel that way. If I was in your situation I would save up $400k per year for 5 years, invest it wisely, and essentially get yourself enough freedom to pursue whatever you want.

I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples, bastards, and broken things
 

OP, I'll actually attempt to give u a srs answer since you haven't gotten many. This seems to me to just b a typical case of putting something on a pedestal and realizing it didn't belong there. Society implants in our head certain ideas that will make us happy. When we're unhappy and don't have that idealistic life, it's whatever because we convince ourselves that we'd be happy once we got it. It gives us perspective, and we put our heads down and get back to work like the nice little lemmings we're programmed to be. "We'll get "it" one of these days". The problem arises when you've got "it" and realize it was a crock of shit. You got the money, you got the girls, and you were sold a bill that said you were supposed to be happy now.... but you're not. So where do you go from here? You're already making more than 99% of people, will making more than 99.9% be the answer? You've already gotten all the girls you've wanted, is the answer one or two more? So even though we've already passed the bar, we reach back and move it in front of us again- trying to convince ourselves that we indeed had the right idea all along but perhaps just didn't place the bar far enough.... the hamster continues to run in the wheel.

My advice (though admittedly pretty radical) would be to just say fuck it to the system. Find something you enjoy and think of a way to get paid for it. Find a girl that doesn't piss you off and keep her around. Basically just realize that you don't "win" when you get the proverbial carrot, but rather when you finally stop giving a shit about it. Just my $.02. If you decide to stay on the same track, I'd consider talking to someone who's actually qualified to help. WSO really isn't the best place to ask questions like this.

 

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