| i m weak. and lots of worries these days. it's not about jobs or study ..
i am just feeling distance with them..
why keep giving me pressure? |
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| 4th day of work...have been calling the people in mainland and trying to talk them into our network
luckily the ones i've come across were able to speak english...i still haven't exposed my weakness in mandarin.
this job is difficult and reli stressful because people no longer treat me as an intern. i need to perform and bring in human capital as revenue. my boss keeps saying "edmond i don't think it's quick enough"...
reunion with sales guys last night.. i already expected a few shots of soju during korean BBQ as usual but finally got buzzed after rounds of "edmond welcome back", "edmond where's your drink?", "edmond cheers" etc. this is the first time i got so drunk...hope my capacity has improved after last night
i was absent in all starr fest activities...recalling i told myself to enjoy my hall life in final year, sigh.. anyway...it has been always hard to balance, especially in this kind of market conditions..
i know my life is all up to me but...
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| "Welcome onboard" she said
To me it's a miracle indeed.
I'm back to the business. |
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| i hv been attending ibanking recruitment talks recently and i gradually found out why banks are frustrated with SOME of our fellow schoolmates' (perhaps including myself too) quality.
nearly every bank started with saying investment banking community is experiencing a change and thanks to the press they all said "lehman is gone" without mentioning anything about merrill. surprisingly my fellow schoolmates laughed to show their warmest support to the presenter.
forgive my stupidity, i don't know why these ibank wanna-be laughed. do they think it's a joke? do they think what's happening in wall street is funny? i m very depressed when lehman filed chapter 11 early this week. not just because i was an intern and had a wonderful time there but i feel sad when such a well-established and prestigious firm had to fall and the street is losing the fixed income expertise.
then when it came to the QnA session, everyone was silent, dead air over the house and someone popped up with stupid questions like can i apply to other locations, how many people are you recruiting, has the subprime affected your firm etc.
i was excited when one of the HR said "IBD always has tight headcount, if you're worried about your chance of getting the job then IBD may not be suitable for you" great i wanna bang the table and say YOU ROCK IT MR.HR!
come on everyone, read the newspapers, think about what you want and why you wanna go to finance before you go to the talks. you're ruining HKU's name
and pls be honest to others. when people ask you "what do you think about our culture after the talk?" don't say "Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm... UBS is a professional, innovative and energetic investment bank" pls simply say "I don't know and I would like to know more from you"
i m sad to have found out that money-minded ibank-wanna-be are plenty but only handful know what's happening in the market.
p.s. my fellow schoolmates can you NOT ask the HR what is the starting salary during the RECRUITMENT TALK? please, for the name of our school ok?
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| Goodbye Lehman Brothers. I will always remember you.
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