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Between The Wolf Of Wall Street and The Big Short, it’s natural that most of us would think that all investment bankers are scum. Oh, that and that whole collapse of the financial sector thing too, but let’s not get into that.
The fact of the matter is, Wall Street has a stigma, a stink. And sure, it’s entertaining as hell to be an innocent onlooker watching all these guys do blow and rip Patron shots by the dozens, but what about the guys that get into banking for their love of finance? What about the guys that don’t want to make money just so they can stick Benjamins in strippers thongs? The guys who don’t have a bag of blow next to their Alka Seltzer in their desk drawer? The guys that spend their late nights crunching numbers instead of crushing hookers?
Luckily, Millennials Of New York has shown us.
Stockbroker Explains What They Don't Teach In Business School
"You don't go into finance because you think it's going to be easy…"
Posted by Millennials of New York on Wednesday, April 6, 2016
I mean, if you didn’t laugh at this screenshot alone, you’re helpless and probably thought The Wolf Of Wall Street was trash cinema.
And sure, it was, but it was trash cinema that we all want to watch over and over and over again. Because for whatever reason, watching rich people make bad, life-threatening decisions is just something we can’t take our eyes away from. And I’m fine with that. .
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Being in finance but not Wall Street real $$$ finance. #PGP
Was on Wall Street, this is very, very accurate.
Only accurate thing is vests. Vests with logos are even better (allow you to advertise what firm you work for, alma mater, club affiliations, etc.).
Do you even work in finance if you don’t wear a gray fleece vest with your fund’s logo on it?
Is it wrong that my small town financial planning job makes me slightly jealous of this fraternity-continuation that Wall Street has?
Save the skinny ties for pop-punk, boy bands and Adam Levine, they have no place on Wall Street.
I work in front office IB in New York. The vests is accurate and I have a company logo baseball on my desk which I suppose is close enough. I don’t think Flash Dancers has a lunch special, though, and honestly I eat at my computer. Not a coffee guy either.
If you’re not a coffee guy then you’ve clearly succeeded with finding a coke guy.
Also front office.
They overlooked FinanceBro Jargon, Rolexes, Comtrast Collar shirts, etc