Banking
In 1960 about 4% of wives earned more than their husbands. In 2023 it was 16%. My wife earns much more than me, but it doesn’t bother me at all. For many years, when I was a banker, it was the opposite. Now I’m a starving writer and she’s a tenured academic. My parents would […]
I read a disturbing but not surprising article in the Wall Street Journal. Junior investment bankers routinely work 100 hours a week. An all-nighter followed by a plane flight or customer presentation in the morning is common. They often lose track of what day it is because they never rest on the weekends. After one […]
What Your Banker Thinks When You Want to Start a Business – Carl Vonderau. You’ve got this great idea, or you need to expand your small business to the next level. All you want is some financing to seed your growth. So you go into talk to your boring banker. She loves the idea, but […]
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