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Originally posted by APhi Diva
People who think like this need to get their priorities straight! I hate to break the news, but as a graduate of an Ivy League law school working for a large and prestigious law firm making a big salary, I can tell you from experience that if money is your only motivation you won't go far. The kind of hours it takes to make that kind of $ should only be spent doing something you actually enjoy!
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A) I have my priorities straight. They are MY priorities sweety.
B) Don't flaunt your Ivy League Law degree. You don't know who you're competing with.
C) While working at firms like Skadden might make you money and even bigger money when you reach a senior level, you are not a big swinging dick in terms of what you make by any comparison to those in banking or trading.
I make a decent amount of money and I love what I do. I have a direct say in how the world is being developed. For example, I was in a conference call with Phil Angelides a couple weeks ago discussing California's debt structure as it stands right now. Tell me what other job offers that. My 26 year old friend is taking home about 20K in bonus every month because he's making that much every day for his firm by being one of the best traders on the floor.
Yes you work hard but you play hard. I work on average 80 hours a week and 120 hours isn't unheard of in my line of work every once in a while. I've been taken to incredible dinners, balls, parties, have full access to almost every sporting event and concert I can imagine, sometimes we rent party buses even. Once it's Saturday night all the bankers hit the bars and clubs and have a lot of fun. The time is hard people but I created this thread not for those who don't want to do it but for those who enjoy it. If you don't like it why post here right? Create a thread on professions you enjoy. It's just what I enjoy and I think other people might too so I was trying to find them.
People don't do this forever. At some point you move into ventures that require you putting up your own capital. By the time I'm 40 I might be retired. Who knows? I can pursue politics or religious studies. I don't want to just make it through life, I don't want to be comfortable and I don't want to be well off, I want to be filthy rich at some point. Those are my goals and I was just wondering if there were others out there that pursued that.
-Rudey
--Alphagam-alum were you making the currency sales decisions as a trader?