Category Archives: Careers
Take a Risk, Take a Chance, Make a Change*
* Yes, the title is from a Kelly Clarkson song. I’m not ashamed. During the summer before my senior year of college, I did an internship at a large investment bank in New York. To get the job, I professed … Continue reading
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Jokes Not to Make With Co-Workers
Tuesday, 1 PM: I’m getting water from the kitchen when I run into a co-worker gazing out the window. There’s a beautiful rooftop garden on one of the buildings nearby. “I never see anyone up there though,” I say. My … Continue reading
Work Diary, October 21, 2009: The Song Never Ends
8:00 AM – Waking Up to “Music” I wake up to Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the USA” on the radio. I don’t know it yet, but this song will be stuck in my head for the rest of the day. … Continue reading
Work Diary, Sept. 30, 2009: The Daily (Bump And) Grind
24, female, Midtown Manhattan, working in corporate finance. She often wonders if she peaked already, and is now just racing downhill in a speedboat full of misplaced ambition, yuppie angst, and terribly bad work habits. 8:15 AM – Rough Morning I … Continue reading
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Work Diary, Monday Sept. 28, 2009: Going to Hell With Angelina
9:15 AM – I Hate Tim Tebow A few co-workers are talking about Tim Tebow and his concussion. I chime in, saying that I have an irrational hatred for Tim Tebow. They ask me why. Well, it’s irrational; therefore, I … Continue reading
Work Diary, Sept. 24, 2009: Babies and Marriage
Female, 24, Midtown Manhattan, working in corporate finance. Just a note: I include “waking up” and “getting dressed” as part of my work day, because if I were unemployed, I would do neither of these things. Well, I might wake … Continue reading
Work Diary, Sept. 22, 2009: Old School Pants Day
Female, 24, Midtown Manhattan, working in corporate finance. Career schizophrenic, occasional train wreck, and solicitor of any advice that convinces her to leave finance. 8:15 AM – I wake up late to a John Mayer interview on the radio. I … Continue reading
Top 10 Signs You Should Get a New Job… Top 10 Pickup Lines For Accountants
I had to write some Top 10 jokes for a project I’m working on (entitled, “leaving finance”), so here they are! Also, a reader asked for more accounting jokes, so I included my Top 10 accountant pickup lines as well. … Continue reading
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Work Diary: Sept. 17, 2009… The Routine
Female, 24, Midtown Manhattan, working in corporate finance but disillusioned… would prefer to be a writer, but doesn’t have the balls to pull it off yet. Somewhat related to the ‘female’ part. 7:30 AM – Waking Up Monday to Friday, my alarm … Continue reading
Dropping the H-Bomb
This evening as I was walking home from work, I overheard a couple having an animated discussion about dropping the H-Bomb. The stalker that I am, I creepily loitered by a street meat vendor, pretending to be conflicted about a … Continue reading
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