Starting Fresh

Sooooooo I haven’t been doing a great job of writing this, because I’m struggling with silly things like, do I actually have enough ridiculous things to share that people might want to read (yes!) and what level of detail, so I can stay anonymous.

So I’m restarting per say from the beginning, and we’ll go from there.

Me: I’m a freshly minted banker. I didn’t go to a target school, in fact I’m from Canada, so we’ll call school The NT (non-target – we loved acronyms there). I’m banking in a city that is Not New York (NNYC), so the whole NNYC experience hopefully will give a fresh twist to this. This blog is meant to dialogue my trials and tribulations of being a female investment banking with a non-finance (business, but non-finance) back ground.

NT was, as I hope most people’s university experience was, just like summer camp with alcohol. I lived in the residences my first year, and given we went out at least 4 nights a week; it’s a miracle I passed anything. As far as exams were concerned, it was kind of like an obstacle course that spanned many days, and when I got on the airplane on my way home for holidays following exams, I was so absolutely at the end of my rope, I knew I won.

The Cast:

The Student – our co-op student, an immigrant from an Eastern European country is a workhorse and a half, and is not one for over-zealous use of words. Unfortunately he goes back to school in the fall, but he signed an offer to join us next fall, so perhaps he will be a recurring character

The Salad – the 2^nd year analyst, an engineer in a past life with a Masters Degree, eats salad from home everyday without fail, I don’t even make it to the grocery store with regularity; how he manages to make salad everyday is a complete mystery.

The Bottle – no, not an alcohol bottle (sadly) 3^rd year analyst is the epitome of someone who wanted to be an ibanker the first time he drank from a bottle. Also, oddly, seriously enjoys manga (which I learned is some type of old anime)

The Cyclist – the 2^nd year associate. I’m fairly certain lives only a 15 minute walk to the office, yet insists on biking to work everyday, and using an entire office to store his bike. Is approximately 30, which is quite seasoned to only be a 2^nd year associate.

The Parents - my VP, VP&D (VP Director) and MD

The Significant Other – Met last year in a random inter-corporate event, have been dating for about a year, and we’re doing the long distance thing. Makes for some interesting drunk dials on weekends, and wonderful once or twice monthly trips to visit.