Tech is 100X worse.

You mean to tell me that TV makes things seem a lot more exciting than they really are?

Leonardo-Cope:

I remember back when I was I kid, which wasn’t actually that long ago... I used to think everyone in high finance was like Harvey Spector or something. Found the idea of working in a place like Pearson Whatever extremely intimidating. But then I got to college, did an internship, worked as an analyst. And you know what? A good 80% of people in this industry are just complete and utter dweebs, Thank FUCK I kept in contact with uni/high school friends, I would kill myself if the only friends I had were these dorks. You know how fucking cringey it is watching guys try and act all boisterous when they don’t look or sound the part. Pathetic.

I’m fucking suffocating here. FUCK

Too true

I think it's because finance types (those that have "lived the template") have been groomed and instilled with a sense of fear of authority from an early age. They idolize boss-man and do his/her bidding without question.

These threads always crack me up. Same thing every time. All the regulars who post thousands of times (or tens of thousands) on a message board designed for college kids come together to complain about how lame and boring everyone else is, implying how cool they are. No hint of irony.

*Yes, I know I'm now part of this group.

Why the ever-loving fuck did you think cranking out spreadsheets & powerpoints with a bunch of other 20somethings in an investment bank was going to be like "working with Harvey Spector" at a premier private law firm? That's the most confusing thing about your post.

It seems most people want to work in IB because they saw American Psycho once and actually fancy themselves as Patrick Bateman, not the other guys.

We're a bunch of eccentric, interesting dweebs in my department. Honestly, if you want slick you can try sales. It can be sleazy some places, and you definitely eat what you kill, but it may be more up your alley.

If you want more "manly" than that, try construction. Good luck living the lifestyle I suspect you want working construction though.

This dude would 100% be Louis Lit if his "Suits" dream was a reality.

Well, of course, the media will sensationalize any career or job. Just as the average hedge fund analyst isn't an Axe capital employee, the average hedge fund manager probably doesn't behave like Bobby Axelrod, and the average software engineer isn't some hoodie-wearing government/CIA hacker.

You sound like a whiny dweeb yourself, and you're clearly not a good fit within the culture at the firm you chose.

Should've gone somewhere else -- perhaps you would've been a better fit. If you think that 80% of your office sucks -- no matter what industry -- it probably isn't everyone else that's the problem. It's you.

what a surprise, an industry that appeals to academic gunners who often go to ivy league/prestigious schools and spend all their time studying and on sites like WSO are dweebs.

I feel the industry just attracts very insecure people in general. Generally, the more intelligent, high achieving, driven individuals have to convince themselves that they arn't adequate just to go that extra mile. This leads to people going through all kinds of measures to socially conform, & for many, lose every decent part of their "life", character, and personality. A highly competitive environment is so effective at exposing the dingiest, grimest aspects of people.

couple of points: -general consensus is this generation has reduced social interaction/skills due to reliance on smartphones -look at the demographic that most banks pull from to fill seats - top schools with finance/quant related backgrounds...shocker -many career fields other than finance, except maybe sales, has similar personalities -use it to your advantage. develop relationships with the appropriate people and position yourself for advancement

I wanna point out as well that you should remember that in Suits, we catch up with Harvey when he's already a Senior Associate in a huge Corporate law firm. His circle includes a Junior associate, the Managing Partner... the stuff they're involved in is already gonna be far more interesting. You can't expect to be living that exciting lifestyle as an Analyst. If you wanna use Jonathan Sidwell as an example, since he's an Investment Banker, the same applies.

But the number one thing to remember fellow monkey... is that Suits is a TV SHOW. You could never imagine that it would be like that in real life. I got enchanted by the idea of IB from TV but before getting into it I researched how it is in real life to make sure I would still want to do it. I'm not there yet but I'm not disillusioned as to what to expect when I get there.

Back when you were a kid?

The monkey with glasses on the front page for this post looks like Alan Greenspan.

How are people going to complain about the way tech engineers dress when people in finance literally buy the exact same clothes as each other like they're high school girls? You thought young women all having the same Longchamp bag and Canada Goose coat was tacky? Try every 20-somethings finance guy wearing identical model and color Patagonia sweater vests... at least the girls got different colored bags and jackets.

Tech is full of bad dressers but finance may have the highest concentration of unoriginality out of any peer group in the world. Go to the same bars, get the same drinks, wear the same clothes, buy the same watches. What??

I personally make it a point to be as boring and non-interesting as possible to all the self-proclaimed cool kids or aspiring cool kids and am very careful with who i allow to enter my "non-strictly professional" circle. My usual answer to "What's going on / any plans for the weekend" is "not much / i am tired". I don't want to talk about my plans, at least not with you. And if i don't have any plans, i don't want to start pretending to have ones.

So the next time you think someone is boring, think again, there is a decent chance he thinks the same about you and just couldn't be bothered by your non-sense.