tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147803617144610628.post7260638128114793308..comments2023-09-23T06:43:13.126-05:00Comments on How to Make New Friends: Friday June 29thShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10886348850039209465noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147803617144610628.post-13867132023525484102007-07-05T17:19:00.000-05:002007-07-05T17:19:00.000-05:00Yes, this is definitely an industry for big egos. ...Yes, this is definitely an industry for big egos. I've definitely learnt a lot about ego management over the years.<BR/><BR/>Good question. I guess because I know when I leave, I want to leave for something non-banking related. In the meantime, this job got me to NY. I will enjoy my time in NY and get the hell outta here. :)<BR/><BR/>You're in the industry too?Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10886348850039209465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147803617144610628.post-35916137398962254682007-07-05T08:58:00.000-05:002007-07-05T08:58:00.000-05:00Hold on, isn't arrogance a prereq for a job in a b...Hold on, isn't arrogance a prereq for a job in a big-name fund? And IB for that matter? :) Just teasing. I know plenty of quite normal people in IB. Tough to say the same about fund types, but that could just be because I don't know that many of them.<BR/><BR/>Why haven't you jumped ship as well?knobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14096864684038570932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147803617144610628.post-65221083406473414682007-07-03T09:12:00.000-05:002007-07-03T09:12:00.000-05:00I am an Associate, which is why it sucks even more...I am an Associate, which is why it sucks even more to watch people more junior than me move on before me. And it's also annoying that they are more arrogant than they should be, just because they all get jobs with big-name hedge funds and private equity funds.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10886348850039209465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147803617144610628.post-11514828456417919332007-07-03T01:32:00.000-05:002007-07-03T01:32:00.000-05:00For some reason, I thought you were an Assoc. Or, ...For some reason, I thought you were an Assoc. Or, if the paymasters were being sadistic, a 3rd year Analyst. Didn't think you were 2nd year (or is it 1st?)knobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14096864684038570932noreply@blogger.com