Young Money: Inside The Hidden World Of Wall Street's Post-Crash Recruits (2014) - Plot & Excerpts
Absolutely loved this book! Beside getting the peek into what goes on behind all the glitz and glamour, I think it also showed that the current generation thinks differently thank our parents. Money is just not the primary focus anymore and by no means is it an excuse to otherwise miserable job. While no "real job" beginnings are easy, this young bunch of bankers had to put up with quite a lot. 2 years might not seem like too much but in the end giving up two years of your life might be just too much for what you get - money and nice line in CV. In exchange to 120 hours of work per week, broken relationships with family and significant others, bullying, stress and in some cases your own health. Greatly recommended for all the overachievers everywhere!:-) It's not really a surprise when Wall Street honchos drunkenly sit around and ridicule us dweebs they suckered, stole from, and then were rewarded for with our tax money. But to read about thousands of new recruits who willingly enslave themselves, physically and morally, to their Wall Street employers, really makes me shudder. And answering the question of what motivates him, a GS managing director says, "Making money. Making as much money for myself and the firm as possible. You know, if money is not your main concern here, you should leave." And he's a mentor. At least he's not a fifth grade teacher. Yet.
What do You think about Young Money: Inside The Hidden World Of Wall Street's Post-Crash Recruits (2014)?
Well written and surprisingly thoughtful. Even if one of his interviewees steals a David Cross joke.
—Jezebelle
The longer this went on, the more and more boring it got. Phew. Horribly done.
—chitrasharma74
Introduction to a world I knew little about.
—Mihai
