If you had not gone into investment banking, what else would you have done?

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LOLOL the way that I laughed about this. I don't know what else I would do but I agree with you that whatever it is I probably would have been happier. Or I would have atleast had a lot less stess in my life.

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Plumbing

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I think I maybe would've gone to law school or done something relating to law in general. I always follow bigger court cases and like reading about the legal side of a lot of issues, so I think I would really like actually getting to work in that field.

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Anything else! This job frikkin blows big time

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Probably McDonalds

You can get a job there now. The one next to my office is hiring.

Photography. Which I am going into now

My original dream was to be a research scientist 🥹

Maybe work at a bakery or something. I've always wanted to work with food but there's not a lot of money in that for most people.

Food influencer and make millions

maybe Teach for America

It depends on your specialty

Drug dealing, comparable amount of constant stress, but higher risk higher reward. Models (IG models) and bottles at the club like the IB glory days of the 80s and 90s.

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