Say goodbye to the dream

[citanul]

lapoker,

read some of these:

hamlet
the odyssey
ulysses
the great gatsby
the brothers karamazov
song of solomon
mrs dalloway
100 years of solitude

...

just thinking, you might want to read a few more things that aren't about financial markets.

citanul

[lapoker17]

i've read all but one of those - but thanks.

[MDMA]

I think noone in history has ever managed to dis lapoker17, and it is likely noone ever will.

[aejones]

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la,

"the best book i've ever read."

You need to read more books. It was OK and I enjoyed it (and recommend it), but definitely not a great book by any means.


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you're wrong.

i've probably read most of the books you've read in your life too.

here are my top 10
when genius failed
huck finn
both enron books
den of thieves
new new thing
liars poker
in cold blood
unleashing the idea virus
the bible

also - i just read confessions of an economic hitman (on your recommendation?) and thought it was a pos.

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The Scarlet Letter was the worst book ever and I'm Back for More Cash is the best book ever.

[wpr101]

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dude I have like 5 friends who made 150k first year out of school. the numbers you are quoting must be sans bonus, because otherwise you're just plain wrong.

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Okay I guess vault.com and every personal testimonial there is made up then. None of the salaries they are posting are close to what you are talking about. Where did your friends graduate from? You have 5 friends who went straight to work for Goldman?

[citanul]

amongst the many problems people seem to be having (and people who seem to be reasonably good poker players) is the definition of average. they also seem to not understand the things that people do with their lives after leaving mba programs very well. this is pretty depressing.

jason left the numbers off his original post because, in fact, they are insanely easy to look up. that there are two groups: 1 that looks up the numbers and sees what, in fact, the averages for the exact position quoted are, and 1 that just says "omg i know a guy once who sold me a bridge and also he said he makes 5 bagillion times that much his first year," is very pathetic.

citanul

[JSim1020]

That screen shot is outdated buddy. I know for a fact that summer analysts were pro-rated at $60k and that summer associates at $120k.
I was in the program this past summer.

[FoxwoodsFiend]

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lapoker,

read some of these:

hamlet
the odyssey
ulysses
the great gatsby
the brothers karamazov
song of solomon
mrs dalloway
100 years of solitude

...

just thinking, you might want to read a few more things that aren't about financial markets.

citanul

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[hijack]
telling a person who you suspect isn't that well-read to read Ulysses is just a bit ridiculous. [/hijack]