Sunday, April 22, 2007

Investment Banking Softball

Top Ten Reasons Why Softball is like working an Investment Bank

10. No one cares about anything in either except production - What have you done lately?
9. Both have people who act as barracudas waiting to feast on you at the first sign of weakness
8. Connections - You need to know someone in the IB to get a good job with a top firm. In softball you need to know someone who plays with a good team to get hooked up with a winner
7. Both have asshole everywhere who can't be trusted - you gotta watch you back
6. Someone is always trying to get your job
5. No matter what you do you can't make everyone happy
4. Both have back stabbing political agendas and issues that super cede what's right and wrong
3. Things get ugly and personal in both
2. Greed is Good motto rules

and the Number Reasons Why Softball is like working an Investment Bank

1. Stress - Working in the IB reaches a point of diminishing returns, just like when too much stress takes the fun out of the game

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