| Topic Name: |
Biz School Preference |
| Message Name: |
Very Personal |
| Date Posted: |
01/17/2006 |
| In Reply To: |
Do you mind if we continue this over email? If you could drop me a line at clegg1 at gmail.com or if you want to share your email.
Thanks! |
| Message: |
Sorry but I don't do "personal" appearances.
In any case, my post was just to get you to think about what you want from your career.
You're really the only person who can answer that.
Is your primary goal to make a lot of money? And so you'll sacrifice just about every other aspect of your life. Family, free time, etc.
Or is the primary goal job satisfaction - doing what you like?
Or do you have life style goals? I know a very bright person who wanted to live overseas more than make a lot of bucks or get a lot of promotions. When you work in Investment Banking and get to a certain level, you have to stay in the mainframe markets cause if you go to the 'burbs you won't get as much $ and will have a heck of a time returning to the mainframe. This guy wanted to live in a particular country and so made the decision to forego those other benefits.
I know another promising IBAnalyst (who was often mistaken for an Associate), who wanted to help underpriveleged kids. This person had a very bright future (measured in $'s and promotions) in IB. But this other goal was more important. So now some poor kids are getting the benefit and this person is living on a fraction of what they could have made in IB.
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