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04-28-2008, 05:04 PM
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| Is high finance all it's cracked up to be?
Any comments on whether you feel it's worth sacrificing all that time and energy to make more money? | 
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04-28-2008, 07:29 PM
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| What is high finance? | |
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04-29-2008, 07:22 PM
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| Most people who are interested in "high finance" want to make large amounts of money, but they also want to be able to transition into positions with more control over a company's direction. It's not just about money, it's also about being able to find work that really challenges you (which can open up after you prove yourself). The money is a large motivating factor, but you do have the ability to really make a company succeed. | |
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04-29-2008, 08:41 PM
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| its about money | |
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04-30-2008, 03:48 PM
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| *** is high finance? | |
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04-30-2008, 08:01 PM
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The money is a large motivating factor, but you do have the ability to really make a company succeed.
| You also have the ability to run a company into the ground. Incidentally, this is far more common than actual success in running a business. | |
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04-30-2008, 11:44 PM
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| I'm surprised some of you haven't come across the term high finance. Think bankers, traders, and fund managers. | |
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05-01-2008, 03:31 AM
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| Yeah, I wasn't saying that everyone who gets into "high finance" actually succeeds. I was simply saying you have the possibility to direct/help a company.
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05-01-2008, 09:09 AM
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| is high tech? | |
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05-01-2008, 11:01 AM
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| When I think of high finance, I rarely think of bankers, traders or fund managers unless I'm in New York. Here on the west coast it's mostly about venture capitalists and CFOs. I think that's the biggest difference between the two coasts (and the midwest is probably all about CFOs that run the giant oil companies and agricultural conglomerates--and who are probably making more money nowadays that anybody on either coast).
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05-01-2008, 11:56 AM
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| Texas is not in the midwest. | |
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05-01-2008, 03:45 PM
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| Those were just examples. High finance includes, but is not limited to, bankers/traders/fund managers. VCs and CFOs are part of the list too. | |
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05-01-2008, 04:25 PM
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| You made up the term yourself. | |
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05-01-2008, 04:47 PM
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| There is no such thing as "high finance" - nice try, though. | |
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05-03-2008, 07:27 PM
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| Read A Random Walk Down Wall Street, just as an example. Just because you haven't seen/heard it being used does not mean it does not exist. | |
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