Paul Ollinger
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I work hard, but like, I think my hard work kept me around more than my talent did in some of those interviews or some of those layoffs. And so I think that attitude and, and hard work,
I work hard, but like, I think my hard work kept me around more than my talent did in some of those interviews or some of those layoffs. And so I think that attitude and, and hard work,
I don't, you sound like an old guy whenever you say something like this, but like, I think it's an underappreciated asset in today's world where, you know, you, you do see some of the rhetoric around younger generation and you're like, I don't hear a lot of people talking about like willing themselves to succeed.
I don't, you sound like an old guy whenever you say something like this, but like, I think it's an underappreciated asset in today's world where, you know, you, you do see some of the rhetoric around younger generation and you're like, I don't hear a lot of people talking about like willing themselves to succeed.
I don't, you sound like an old guy whenever you say something like this, but like, I think it's an underappreciated asset in today's world where, you know, you, you do see some of the rhetoric around younger generation and you're like, I don't hear a lot of people talking about like willing themselves to succeed.
You see a lot of these posts on Instagram about, can you believe these banks are making their employees work a hundred hours a week? And I'm like, yeah, I can. That's, that's how they work. That's how they find out who's committed and who's not. Is it right? Well, is it unhealthy? Can be. But there's a lot of jobs that aren't investment banking out there waiting for you.
You see a lot of these posts on Instagram about, can you believe these banks are making their employees work a hundred hours a week? And I'm like, yeah, I can. That's, that's how they work. That's how they find out who's committed and who's not. Is it right? Well, is it unhealthy? Can be. But there's a lot of jobs that aren't investment banking out there waiting for you.
You see a lot of these posts on Instagram about, can you believe these banks are making their employees work a hundred hours a week? And I'm like, yeah, I can. That's, that's how they work. That's how they find out who's committed and who's not. Is it right? Well, is it unhealthy? Can be. But there's a lot of jobs that aren't investment banking out there waiting for you.
So if that's not the gig for you, go do something else. Go find something that you really love that is sustainable for you. I don't think anybody
So if that's not the gig for you, go do something else. Go find something that you really love that is sustainable for you. I don't think anybody
So if that's not the gig for you, go do something else. Go find something that you really love that is sustainable for you. I don't think anybody
you know, goes into bank, anybody who thinks the banking is a, you know, a job for a 40 hour a week job is going to be wildly disappointed at some point along the way, you know, the, in the senior partners, these are guys that cancel vacations because there's a deal that pops up and they got to come home from Europe, leave their family there. And that's why they make $5 million a year.
you know, goes into bank, anybody who thinks the banking is a, you know, a job for a 40 hour a week job is going to be wildly disappointed at some point along the way, you know, the, in the senior partners, these are guys that cancel vacations because there's a deal that pops up and they got to come home from Europe, leave their family there. And that's why they make $5 million a year.
you know, goes into bank, anybody who thinks the banking is a, you know, a job for a 40 hour a week job is going to be wildly disappointed at some point along the way, you know, the, in the senior partners, these are guys that cancel vacations because there's a deal that pops up and they got to come home from Europe, leave their family there. And that's why they make $5 million a year.
And if you don't want to do that, go do something else. Now, I'm not doing that. No, no, but I think there's a job out there for you where you can be you.
And if you don't want to do that, go do something else. Now, I'm not doing that. No, no, but I think there's a job out there for you where you can be you.
And if you don't want to do that, go do something else. Now, I'm not doing that. No, no, but I think there's a job out there for you where you can be you.
Send me the job link because I'd like to do it.
Send me the job link because I'd like to do it.
Send me the job link because I'd like to do it.