Please refrain from calling me a troll. I'm a doctor, starting foundation training in 2 months.

If anyone has any questions about graduate medicine or Oxford, feel free to ask.

These questions will make me too easily identifiable. Have you heard of the Norrington table? Well it did extremely well on that. That's all I'm saying.

Foundation training, again it will make me easily identifiable because I'm only one of two people from Oxford working there. But I'll be working in the midlands.

Maybe a few times during our training

Unfortunately you'll be sniffing your bosses anoos daily, seeing as you'll be pretty far up his ass.

I'm definitely not expecting it to be easy. 70 hour weeks certainly. Something a friend is doing is sacrificing banding (salary banding), for lighter specialities e.g. derm instead of urology. You're right, you do get paid like shit for our foundation training, it accelerates quickly though, every year.

Of course, that's the main advantage of investment banking, the salaries. I'm under no illusions there, financial analysts get paid far better than us. That's genuinely the only advantage I can think of.

If I was informed correctly, your 17 hour shifts will prevent you from doing so, and my sister (not that I have one) wouldn't take a stroll into an investment bank for a laugh. The best way of releasing your anger isn't by dreaming of banging my imaginary sister, but by fapping your miserable lives away in the nearest toilet.

Over and out.

I think your grand total of $17 makes you the idiot ;)

Hardened in that you're shouted at by your ugly as fuck boss with the smelly breath. Yeah that guy. Treated like shit, absolute rat race etc. I don't know if it's different in America, but my friends have told me how it is at work and it just seems like hell. And it goes on for a sizeable proportion of the day. Must really be attrition for your emotions, I envisage you to be zombies and mindless drones by the end of your second month as an analyst.

On the other hand, while doctors see some fucked up shit, they don't become drones as they see how fragile life is, and you really start to appreciate the finer things in life. I heard a story of an accountant who was misdiagnosed with cancer and when he realised that he wasn't going to die, he said he felt as if he was "reborn". Quit his coma-inducing job, started up a restaurant and is apparently living a happy life.

Basically, you appreciate the smaller things in life. There are tears, emotions and adrenaline all the time. But you appreciate life a lot more.

This is a srs post, brought by a srs fucking doctor.

Haha, chill dude. I'm not superior to anyone (apart from investment bankers :D)

And no you won't be retired. You're a deluded wannabe investment banker, with deluded aspirations. Also I can tell you haven't read my posts, because I have no debts. Have fun throwing this decade of your life away. You won't be retired by 30. Even at 40, that's a push. Must be a jump going from working all day to nothing. Might top yourself out of all the free time you don't know how to spend. You seem like a clueless, deluded little 20 year who thinks that if he gets into finance, he'll be the next Soros. You're clueless boy.

Hahaha u mad? Get a sense of humour.

Apart from the money aspect, which I'll deal with at the end, I'll work through your points one by one.

- Dicking around? Please read my posts. Residency doesn't exist here. We do 2 years of foundation ("residency") before going onto specialty training, where you certainly don't dick around
- No idea what NSX is.
- I do know something and I don't need to be told to shut up, because I'm not like this in real life and I'm just having a laugh with my investment banking friends. ^_____________^. Two of my good friends are investment bankers and realise how crap their jobs are, they just have a sense of humour about it.
- I don't think I'm special. Well maybe a bit. I am Oxon after all.
- Most people do have an interest in finance here. Of course. But there are a good proportion who like finance, because it involves money. Let's be honest.
- When VP in interviews ask "Why do you want to do M&A", do you really think it's truth when people say... "well, I love finance, I love the challenge, I have STAMINA"? No. Lol. They like money, most of all. That's the real reason. Money and motherfucking prestige!!! Judging by your obsession with money, I'm guessing you're a good example of that. A person who doesn't care about anything apart from money. You are pathologically greedy.

- Your whole post is obsessed with how much money you make. Look at each line on your post. "How does it feel to know that NSX is on call as much as bankers for a fraction of the pay". Lol. You really think I went into medicine for the pay? Did you even read my posts?

I think all in all it just shows how money obsessed you are, and that you'd be willing to sacrifices a decade for excellent pay. It think that shows a lot more about you than it does me. I feel sorry for you. It really is pathetic that you're so obsessed with money.

Not jealous of the job. Just having some fun with investment banking friends ^_____________^.

My friend did the usual route. Rigorous subject at good university (Oxford). Interships in 2nd year etc. They just believed it was the norm and didn't know of the realities of the job. When they told me about it I became fascinated with it. I read this site for fun sometimes to get a better idea of what drives people to this field. Not jealous of the lifestyle at all.

Because Of the money? We could all do with some more money. I think it's great you guys earn a lot, just not that you sacrifice the prime of your life away for it.

I'm not bitter, I just thought it was hilarious, because the girl didn't know wtf Goldman Sachs was. Most girls know what doctors do though, I hope. That's not the point. The point was to show that investment bankers think they're more attractive to the opposite sex. I.e have strong delusions. I'm not on call yet.

Touching people with funky rashes, bad hygeine is not nice, of course. However, are you honestly telling me you enjoy your "cubicle"? I find that difficult to believe seeing as most people in the world go on about how they hate their office jobs / how they hate their cubicles / hate sitting in an office all day / hate the corporate environment / hate being a cog in the city machine etc. You don't love your cubicle. You'd rather stay in your cubicle than go for a walk in a nice park, or go to a nightclub. Feel free to insult my profession lol, I see you're trying your best. No need to lie though to make yourself feel better. :-).

I might know your cousin. Details?

As I said, this money obsession is very dangerous. When you wake up at 40, will you be happy that you traded your years just to accumulate some millions so you can live the end of your life well, when you're deteriorating in senescence? You gotta take the prime of your life by the balls, have some crazy experiences, have some emotional highs and lows, live to the fullest. I'm sure you experience some of that, maybe when sealing some big deals, I don't know. But admit it, most of the time will be a drag. I can't comprehend how my buddies tolerate those insane hours. They say they do everything they can do escape that lifestyle. But they love the money! They say they're drawn in by the insidious appeal of the lifestyle. They don't mind having 10 hours of free time in a whole week and 2 weeks holiday in a year, as long as they can blow as much money in those free hours as possible. Don't you think that's scary? How many hours are in a year, and how many hours will be free? You might be surprised at how miniscule the proportion will be.

It's all about the money isn't it? If you're so obsessed with money, why didn't you try your hand at entrepreneurship at an earlier age? I know a guy who left secondary school, got business experience and now runs a disposal company making millions of profit at the tender age of 25. He probably employs finance guys, lawyers from Oxford! He didn't even consider doing a degree. If you're so obsessed with money, where are your balls and entepreneurial spirit?

But anyway, it's all well and good you'll earn money. If you actually get into IB that is. The main point I'm making is that I cannot fathom how it's worth trading the best years of your life! Money is a good commodity. But there's an even more precious commodity out there. Time. You can't get back time. Is the trade; time ---> money a good one? Think about it....

bitch

I wish all my Oxon brothers the best.

Politicians? Don't think I've heard of anyone becoming a politician so quickly. Are you sure you're telling the truth? I have heard some guys going into TV though, all the best to them. The good thing about Oxford is that it teaches you intellectual enrichment, instead of acting like the usual employee factories and preparing you for life as a 9-5 corporate cog (like the LSE :P).

Oxford guys, and Cambridge guys tend to go down unconventional routes. Maybe that's why they're so successful. All the best to them, and kudos to them for not conforming to a boring life.

Sure thing Mr. Trotsky. Feel free to PM. I don't know how to use it, but I'll have a go.