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Art

Salaries

Okay, so the deal is that everyone hates their job at a bank and is only working there for the cash-money. Why the fuck is the hourly pay the same as working at McDonald's then?

http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/investment-banking-salaries-mcdonalds/

This is Finance

Europe is running a giant Ponzi scheme

I just graduated from my college. I would like to own my own mansion in downtown Manhattan, and have a net worth of at least 8 figures by the time I am 30. Is it better to join an existing finance firm to do this, or should I start a fund or business on my own?

Life & Death

Everyone dies
But not everyone lives

Sweet Dreams

Why do people wish each other "sweet dreams" before they go to sleep? Wouldn't it be better to have nightmares and wake up to find them fake, than to dream of the desirable and wake up to find them unobtainable?

Next Stop

Get Ripped!
http://www.beachbody.com/product/fitness_programs/p90x.do
In pursuing the goals of eliteness, you can't neglect getting fucking ripped to top everything off. Be a good consumer and buy this to enable your body to become the machine it has always wanted to be.

MOIST VAGINA

LOL

http://www.thecollaredsheep.com/drunk-credit-suisse-employee-destroys-cubicle/

Private Equity

SHIT! I just read that Private Equity salaries are higher than those at Investment Banks, however they don't seem to hire undergrads. What to do, what to do...
This together with the blog post over at Mergers & Inquisitions about how an IB analyst's salary is actually all spent on living expenses and other bullshit, is making me rethink about what I want to do with myself after uni.  Maybe we should go into consulting instead?

OK, maybe not, no way are we gonna use a 4 year old BB, FUCK! What should we do?

Interviews

I've got an interview coming up, and while trying to prepare found this article!
http://news.hereisthecity.com/2009/12/25/52_interviews_at_goldman_sachs/

Why?

Life is shit.
IBD is our goal because we fail at everything else.
Now watch this for inspiration you pussy.

Helen Keller

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.”
- Helen Keller

On Being a Husband

Why do we want to go into investment banking?
To make a lot of money of course!


"A successful husband is a husband who can make money faster than the wife can spend it."

Hi

Hello World!
I'm a first year undergraduate studying at university in the UK. This spring I worked in the Investment Banking Division of a global bank, and I loved it. I've made my mind up: Once I graduate from university, I hope to secure a job at an investment bank as an analyst. This blog will chronicle my journey to that position - Things you will find interesting if you have the same goal as me. Stick around, and it will be worth your while.

Peace