Things to make fun of and are unprestigious

Thought I'd make a list of all the things that we should make fun of in finance, in no particular order they are:

Back Office Middle Office Sales Shady Prop trading firms and casinos like SMB capital Crappy no name boutiques like FTP Capital Markets Jefferies/Piper Jaffray PWM Backwater offices in Asia

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fembotmaadd in fordham

I think "fem"botma and fordhamassmaster ought to go bang themselves as both are a couple of douchebags

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And FordhamASSmaster, you ought to go back to mommy and daddy and build some credibility before you start bashing other people's careers be it in back office or wherever;. loser.

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if its all in jest, then what's the big deal?

No way this guy is serious. Most of us have read the leveraged sellout and had a good laugh. The outlaying douchebags that take themselves so seriously that they actually take their banker prestige to heart and really think people in PWM are shitty, shouldnt be able to detract from the tongue-in-cheek humor of posts like this.

 

don't take life so seriously i made this thread just for fun, though some of it is true since ppl on this board like to make fun of each other, but its all in good fun. I will add consultants to the list. also capital markets blows 'cause of 0 exit ops and lower pay and sometimes its middle office work that is recruited separate from IBD. I will also add state school only cuz there are some idiots (though many state school kids like me are quite smart and hardworking). i'll also add women for obvious reasons since they burn out and go into PWM.

New List:

Back Office Middle Office Sales Shady Prop trading firms and casinos like SMB capital Crappy no name boutiques like FTP Capital Markets Jefferies/Piper Jaffray PWM Backwater offices in Asia Consultants State school kids Women

 

Ty decarez. I will keep sales on, unfortunately its still for women n minorities and pushers who couldn't make it as traders. however i will remove women since its a bit sexist. howver i will add E.R., that is a good contribution i forgot about.

Updated List: Back Office Middle Office Sales Shady Prop trading firms and casinos like SMB capital Crappy no name boutiques like FTP Capital Markets Jefferies/Piper Jaffray PWM Backwater offices in Asia Consultants State school kids Equity Research

 
fordhammasterTy decarez. I will keep sales on, unfortunately its still for women n minorities and pushers who couldn't make it as traders. however i will remove women since its a bit sexist. howver i will add E.R., that is a good contribution i forgot about.

Updated List: Back Office Middle Office Sales Shady Prop trading firms and casinos like SMB capital Crappy no name boutiques like FTP Capital Markets Jefferies/Piper Jaffray PWM Backwater offices in Asia Consultants State school kids Equity Research

o my god this fordhamASSmaster (his new name on the board) is really the joker of all jokers someone please help me to get this complete loser off the boards as all he does is keep posting useless threads with zero credibility. i mean, of what use in the world could this or any such list provide not to mention half the stuff on the list is actually good stuff

Jefferies, what's wrong with Jefferies they are kicking ass and of course backwater offices anywhere are not great so again may i ask you what kind of total loser are you my peon of a little buddy

we all know how to hack hammermaster's account so let me at it and maybe we'll just all disable him

his posts are the greatest thing sinced unsliced bread

what a doucheturd

and again, i realize my post is long and aimed at the ASSmaster himself, but i can't stand and cant understand how anyone on these boards can even acknowledge such totally useless and baseless posts that just take up whole threads for no purpose except to propogate rumors and lies or totally obvious stuff

as for this poster, he is as good as his word - and his word is no good.

he has a history of pathetic retorts, so just for humor let's see what he comes back with and maybe that will be that i'm an idiot or that his post actually had merit

get a job you loser .

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fordhammasterTy decarez. I will keep sales on, unfortunately its still for women n minorities and pushers who couldn't make it as traders. however i will remove women since its a bit sexist. howver i will add E.R., that is a good contribution i forgot about.

Updated List: Back Office Middle Office Sales Shady Prop trading firms and casinos like SMB capital Crappy no name boutiques like FTP Capital Markets Jefferies/Piper Jaffray PWM Backwater offices in Asia Consultants State school kids Equity Research

o my god this fordhamASSmaster (his new name on the board) is really the joker of all jokers someone please help me to get this complete loser off the boards as all he does is keep posting useless threads with zero credibility. i mean, of what use in the world could this or any such list provide not to mention half the stuff on the list is actually good stuff

Jefferies, what's wrong with Jefferies they are kicking ass and of course backwater offices anywhere are not great so again may i ask you what kind of total loser are you my peon of a little buddy

we all know how to hack hammermaster's account so let me at it and maybe we'll just all disable him

his posts are the greatest thing sinced unsliced bread

what a doucheturd

and again, i realize my post is long and aimed at the ASSmaster himself, but i can't stand and cant understand how anyone on these boards can even acknowledge such totally useless and baseless posts that just take up whole threads for no purpose except to propogate rumors and lies or totally obvious stuff

as for this poster, he is as good as his word - and his word is no good.

he has a history of pathetic retorts, so just for humor let's see what he comes back with and maybe that will be that i'm an idiot or that his post actually had merit

get a job you loser .

Why so serious?

 
PiperChiangAccentWhere's Stern on the list? David Stern needs to be on this list.

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because this is not a hate rag and you of all people should know that brown

come on as i've seen your many posts trying to clean things up

can't have patrick on here 24x7 babysitting these immature babies that can't seem to get their asses out of the wasting time mode

the site will go under and sue to a few little pricks that don't know how to handle themselves

nite

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Yacht: thanks for your contribution, the board has decided to add it in, though Dallas is a bit outdated so we will use chicago in the list. I didn't add houston since they are at least used for energy and nat resources.

New Updated List of Unprestigious Things in Finance: Back Office Middle Office Sales Shady Prop trading firms and casinos like SMB capital Crappy no name boutiques like Financial technology partners (yuck!!) Capital Markets Jefferies/Piper Jaffray PWM Backwater offices in Asia Backwater offices in Chicago Consultants State school kids Equity Research

 

I'll be working at a prestigious place, one that you can never get a job at. I still don't show others down the way you do. Piece of shit.

 

A lot of anger on this one right now. The whole point of a list like this is to make fun and joke.

To be honest, all of the things on the list are the less "prestigious" options. That doesn't mean they are worthless, just that they aren't as prestigious, generally pay worse, and have more limited exit options.

All else being equal, you will have wider exit opps in non-cap markets IB than in cap markets. Going to an Ivy will help you get a job over someone who went to a state school. GET OVER IT.

Personally, I have lived in Chicago (on the list) and I'm now in ER. So what, I choose them because I like them. This post is in the MONKEYING AROUND Forum. It isn't meant to provide insight, its meant to relieve stress and have fun.

Stick to the parts of the forum that are meant to provide advice if that is what you are looking for.

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Great post Powermonkey, I would give you bananas if I could. I don't get why people so vehemently argue against simple facts of life. Does Wharton on average place better than BYU? Yes. But who works in IBD in a BB on my floor? BYU alum. Its about the individual and what you make of your life, and don't be such an uptight ahole not to have fun while you're alive.

 

At first I would say no since then i'd have to add in nomura/bnp/societe/etc. but now that RBS has been CRUSHED and OBLITERATED both firmwise and new U.K. regulations-wise, I will include RBS as one of the firms to be shat on due to 0 bonuses for 2 years and the huge fleeing of talent from that shithole firm. I also have spelled out private wealth management since noobs migh tnot know what PWM is.

Thank you for your contribution.

New Updated List of Unprestigious Things in Finance: Back Office Middle Office Sales Shady Prop trading firms and casinos like SMB capital Crappy no name boutiques like Financial technology partners (yuck!!) Capital Markets Jefferies/Piper Jaffray/RBS Private Wealth Management Backwater offices in Asia Backwater offices in Chicago Consultants State school kids Equity Research

 

also a fun game is to mix and match things from the list to make ur own "Unprestigious person!"

Pick and choose to create ur very own unprestigious person now for only $9.99! for example u can pick asia sales analyst at RBS! or how about equity research state schooled graduate at PJC? Back office kid in Chicago? The possibilities are endless!

Order now!!! Order within the next 5 minutes and u will get a FREE addition unprestigious person action figure with FTP T-shirt!

 
fordhammasteralso a fun game is to mix and match things from the list to make ur own "Unprestigious person!"

Pick and choose to create ur very own unprestigious person now for only $9.99! for example u can pick asia sales analyst at RBS! or how about equity research state schooled graduate at PJC? Back office kid in Chicago? The possibilities are endless!

Order now!!! Order within the next 5 minutes and u will get a FREE addition unprestigious person action figure with FTP T-shirt!

You officially have the limpest wrist on WSO. Shouldn't you be studying for spring semester finals?

 

What a douchebag this guy is. He's like the person everyone loves to hate. This must be a joke. I seriously hope he's joking

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econ: no man, i'm from a state school myself. I'm talking about shitty ones like baruch and rutgers. the good ones are like berkeley, ucla, uva, umich, unc, ut.

"I'm surprised Fordhammaster left off crippled kids and broken homes."

that doesn't relate to finance. stay on topic please?

 

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