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ACrepairs
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Location: New York City, New York, United States
Birthday: 9/22/1984
Gender: Male
Interests: Baking, Cooking, Dorking, Reading, Wire, and all the fun stuff in between
Expertise: Soccer Dad, Wirelurgist
Occupation: Student
Industry: Banking/Finance
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AIM:  AC repairs
Member Since:
10/9/2002
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| So I was asked a question today. It's not the first time I was asked this and probably won't be the last. The question was this: "Would you rather make more money or do what you enjoy?" Though the exact wording may not have been the same in prior asking, the meaning certainly is.
But I have a better question. Will my answer to such questions always be the same?
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| Gosh... I'm reading my posts and boy do i sound like a dirty banker in the last few.
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| After some grunt work, I've worked out my 2006 fiscal year financial
plan. First off, this is assuming I find a job that that pays a total
of $65-70k per year (bonuses included of course). Long story short,
after making many concessions on my male dignity, I get to buy a house
in 2008 or 2009. A few of these conessions include living at home and
giving up dating (you girls are too expensive, I'm sorry). But after
emaciating my pride for 2-3 years until that downpayment, I'll most
likely be rewarded with a single-family located in
middle-of-no-where-Brooklyn. While the rest of you "upwardly mobile"
men out there are flashing the keys to your porche to pick up chicks,
I'll be flashing the keys to my dilapidated house.
"Hey baby, why don't you hop right in. Strap yourself in tight, cause this puppy depreciates like nobody's business."
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| Yay. I just started my job at BNP Paribas today. Spent half of the day
in new-hire orientation. Quite the mix of new hires all in the same
group. You had a few lowly interns like me, to analysts, fund managers,
directors, and even 2 VPs. Only the interns (including me) and VPs came
dressed in suits.
Anyway, I'll decide to go through a list of pits and perks for this job.
Starting off with perks:
1. Summer Fridays are awesome. Half of the people in my division
usually leave around lunch time. Some don't even bother coming in.
2. Pay is good, especially when I will only be working part time during the semester.
3. Though not available to me yet, but all the full-time employees get
issued their own Blackberries with in-house tech support. Also, free of
charge to replace if lost or damaged.
The pits:
1. Summer hours are from 7:45am to 6-8pm.
2. Blocked access to personal email and other non-business related web material.
3. Lots of people over the age of 30 with children (which translates to
the lack of fun young employees and supervisors who take me out
drinking on Fridays like in my last internship).
More will come in regards to what exactly it is that I do when I
actually find out for myself what exactly it is that I do. As of right
now, I'm perplexed as to what I should do on Friday. Alternative 1: Go
down to Jersey during the day for a beach party thrown by new fellow
co-workers in an attempt to mingle, network, and socialize. Alternative
2: Go schedule an afternoon appointment with my new dentist.
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