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cawoodsct

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Apr 27, 2006
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Prefer to give my money to the private sector anyway. Thanks, DO Bob.

Hmmm thats a hormone therapy place. That Dr. John guy owns it, the actual doctor who drives a Maserati.

So maybe I'll stick with UK.
Out of tests at the moment, anyway.
 

wcc31

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Mar 18, 2002
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Absolutely, man. Dicking around with mortgages was fun for some great cash as a young lad when things were booming, and then into banking ([sick]) once that crashed & I craved stability -- but I was never truly "building" anything.

11.5 years in with my current gig & book and things are great at this point -- but, if I was approaching 20 instead...shew. :(

-Those Financial Advisor/Life gigs are attractive to young kids b/c it's nearly a guaranteed job, sounds fancy, and you look at the old guys crushing it and imagine yourself there. The same is true for Multi-Lines Insurance, but not to nearly the same degree as the Financial/Life focused. I'm the only person left here of the 17 that I went through Orientation with. What was the one we (and everyone) flirted with out of UK - First Advisors or some ****?

...the reality is that not many people are going to hand over their investments/future to a fresh out of college kid to manage, or even an older person brand new to the business. I mean, I sure as hell wouldn't. Really tough gig to break into, props to those who did & were successful. I'd love to see the actual success/turnover rate - has to be just abysmal.

-Vijay is a POS, but that's nothing new. Imagine if other tour pros followed suit? (they won't)

Those guys on Korn Ferry are grinding week-to-week for a spot & chance to earn - it's complete ******** for any player of Vijay's stature/wealth to take one of those spots.

I benefited from a helluva lot of jagerbombs so not sure how much of your career I’d change in hindsight.
 

BBdK

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Sep 21, 2003
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Swisher/Statewide is absolutely gigantic & killing it, of course.

Chris has homes in Austin, San Antonio, and the French Quarter.

Boots is Boots. Still slaving away at Republic. You can come on in there, they're lending.

...how's your ex-boyfriend Ken, btw? All my legendary bosses combined didn't equal your crush on that dude. :100points:
 
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joeyrupption

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Thanks for the feedback. I googled what it’s like to be a financial advisor and learned pretty quickly that isn’t the life for me. Sales, prospecting, cold calling. No thanks. High stress, high turnover, and long hours? Very hard pass.

I worked in a high stress, high turnover, and long hours industry for nearly 13 years and the only way I’d go back to that if it is the difference between me being homeless or not. Sure, the potential earnings are great, but what good is it if the only thing I have energy for when I’m not working is nothing?
I’d recommend reading, “So Good They Can’t Ignore You,” “Linchpin,” and “Range” to get in a good mindset for a career change.
 

Ron Mehico

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You’d be surprised how many careers start out like that. I had to be in my car driving around about 8 hours a day and eating lunch in my car and then dinners every night for about 2 years before I could start living a somewhat normal life.

Restaurants opening the 22nd. Hoo boy. Me and my wife are dying to get out. Feel like the whole city is going to be filled with people acting like uncaged wild animals. Basically like when one of your boys that has kids and hasn’t been out in 6 months acts the first night of boys weekend.

No better way to make me feel like a ****** parent than dinner time. Jesus Christ has that turned into an infuriating battle of wills.

F this weather. Hard.
 
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You’d be surprised how many careers start out like that. I had to be in my car driving around about 8 hours a day and eating lunch in my car and then dinners every night for about 2 years before I could start living a somewhat normal life.

Restaurants opening the 22nd. Hoo boy. Me and my wife are dying to get out. Feel like the whole city is going to be filled with people acting like uncaged wild animals. Basically like when one of your boys that has kids and hasn’t been out in 6 months acts the first night of boys weekend.

F this weather. Hard.

I bet you’ll still blow it in terms of getting laid that first night out though.
 

drxman1

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Couple years of busting your hump to be set for life? Was that like 10 years of 80+ hour weeks after college?

Oh the humanity.
 

Ron Mehico

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I would say the guy that apparently has 20 vacation weeks a year, eats at a steak house 5 nights a week, and lives on a boat in the summer is the one that’s set for life doc, I’m not in that position I’m sorry to say.


I bet you’ll still blow it in terms of getting laid that first night out though.

That’s almost a guarantee
 

Brandan Stroud

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Idc if it’s going to freeze, full on summer drinking mode.

Pink James Bond G&T (if I were a cruder man, I would name this the ***** Galore, but I won’t).

2 shots of gin + juice of 1 lime + 2 shakes of Angostura + tonic water over ice in a Collins or pint glass
 
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BernieSadori

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*10 beers deep while finishing up the brisket today.

*1st time on the Traeger and it was pretty solid. Cooked the flat a tad longer than I would have preferred. Family seemed to enjoy.

*Guess I'll be walking the aisles at Target tomorrow looking for a well though out and totally not last minute Mother's day gift.
 

BernieSadori

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We had Randy then some chubby chick I can't remember.

I liked when we had the $100 Saturday change.

I never won.
 

Hank Camacho

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May 7, 2002
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Rather than a liberal arts degree, most 18-22 year olds would be better off waiting tables for a year, then working construction, then managing a kindergarten, and then working as a secretary in high end firm of some sort, tbh.

After that, some entry-level life insurance sales job would probably be cake because you could see through the ********.
 

K-GAR

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Nov 17, 2004
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- first job in finance was First Investors as an FA. Didn’t even interview personally, they pulled 8 of us in a room, literally Boiler Room style, and sold us on 6-figures in your first year. I stuck it out till I nearly got evicted from my apartment... enter WFF

- the mortgage/credit card/personal loan was a ride for sure... and damn we were robbing people. They were paying 20-somethings to charge 4 points on every loan... “you know, so that if you win the lottery tomorrow and pay us off well at least get something”. Definitely didn’t mention the interest was pre-calculated and tacked on to the balance day-1 either, wow. once you started learning exactly what was going on... hard to keep coming in everyday

- the training did prep you to be a stud in sales and legitimate banking though. It helped me get to my current role which is pretty damn cush, I get to underwrite Capital markets loans for the biggest companies (many of them public) in the country so I can’t **** on my past experience too much

- Casey’s boy is a financial advisor at Wells Fargo Advisors hereIn town and last I heard happily married to wife #4 IIRC
 

UKStoleMyFish

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