Word: goldman
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...corporate raiding. It’s also an old medical symbol.” An important clarification: “But it has nothing to do with pirates.” The price tag on the Ivy League look is high. If Daddy doesn’t work at Goldman Sachs, window-shopping may be as close as you can get. “[Undergrads] may not all afford it, but when they can, they come back,” Black says, before turning away to fit a teenage boy for his first made-to-order button-downs. Dare...
This mentality reminded me of many Harvard students walking confusedly in between the Teach for America and Goldman Sachs booths at the career fair. (Which makes sense, since the author of this thinly veiled roman à clef was a Harvard student and Winthrop House resident.) Like Noah, many feel the weight of the expectations that come with a name brand education...
...snare the students, the corps gleaned its basic on-campus strategy from other major campus recruiters, with giveaways and glad-handing sessions. “TFA tries to look at project models. Like, how does Goldman Sachs get a lot of people to apply?” Jobson says. “They have fancy ads in The Crimson and they have nice dinners or whatever to get the word...
From my car, I can see the gleaming letters of Goldman Sachs. I park my car and hurry to my desk in the investment-management division. The room is still relatively quiet with just the junior employees like me, scurrying around preparing for the arrival of the seniors. I sit down and am greeted by an overflowing inbox. Before I even look at it, I have to check the foreign markets, some of which are already well into their day. I jot down some notes and try to make sense of the hundreds of numbers flashing across my computer screen...
...period when the market is open. I know my tasks for the day, which rarely vary. I will have to constantly monitor the markets, help clients with trades, and listen for breaking news stories, such as company mergers or financial statement releases. Missing a big story could really hurt Goldman Sachs, and if we want to stay on the top, we cannot afford any such error. These responsibilities obviously do not all fall upon me. Like most other employees, I work on a team of five, ranging in rank from an intern like me all the way to some...