Monkey Business: Swinging Through the Wall Street Jungle
by: John Rolfe, Peter Troob
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Meet John and Peter, two young business school graduates about to become frustrated foot soldiers for the world of high finance. 20 hour days, inflated salaries, senseless prospects, outlandish characters and strip club lap dances make escaping with their sanity sound like the best deal of all.
Meet John and Peter, two young business school graduates about to become frustrated foot soldiers for the world of high finance. 20 hour days, inflated salaries, senseless prospects, outlandish characters and strip club lap dances make escaping with their sanity sound like the best deal of all.
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- Now I know what happens inside the Investment banks' walls in Wall street
It is an eye opening book. It answers the questions: What do investment bankers actually do and why they are paid so much? I didn't want to have an academical answer, and I had much more in fact. The authors worked almost 3 years as associates in DLJ and wrote their unbelievable accounts so that all of us can understand what an investment banker is. They describe the selection process that takes place during postgraduate MBA courses and the jobs that these young talended people must do. Their frustration, ... Read More
Rating: - Must read for anyone considering this career
As someone looking to break into finance, although not specifically investment banking, this book was an awesome glimpse into what really goes on behind the scenes. It is a must read if you hope to make a career in IB since it strips away at lot of the hype and gives you the bad side. Some of the stories are truly hysterical. Some will have your head scratching as to why these guys make so much money.
The authors need to consider a career in writing as they kept me firmly enraptured the entire ... Read More
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- funny, helpful, insightful, but dated
Monkey Business is a larf riot accurately describing the early stages of a young investment banker's career through the "Associate" level (pecking order runs "intern" "analyst" "associate" "vice president" "director" "managing director" and "executive director"), and as such is excellent reading for the inside look at what your calendar really will look like for these crucial early years.
The technology described herein is a bit dated, but the insights into personality and deal-making stages are ... Read More
Rating: - Very Enjoyable Read
Really hits the little details that drive analyst/associate level bankers craaaazy! E.g. the constant rewrites only to end up back to the original, the md on the phone making edits to a draft from three days ago, the drunken Christmas party... Very fast, enjoyable read.
Rating: - Very funny and needs to be read with a certain perspective
This is a funny book no doubt. Its not written by writers and thus there is no rules of writing that have been followed which makes it funny.
Even though some have said the life style is exaggerated (and maybe it is) but unless you are an I banker or part of the fraternity in some way, there is no way to denounce what has been written about the profession.
I really think that while being a cautionary tale for fledging IBankers, this book is also a testament to the hard times they spend ... Read More
- Now I know what happens inside the Investment banks' walls in Wall streetIt is an eye opening book. It answers the questions: What do investment bankers actually do and why they are paid so much? I didn't want to have an academical answer, and I had much more in fact. The authors worked almost 3 years as associates in DLJ and wrote their unbelievable accounts so that all of us can understand what an investment banker is. They describe the selection process that takes place during postgraduate MBA courses and the jobs that these young talended people must do. Their frustration, ... Read More
- Must read for anyone considering this careerAs someone looking to break into finance, although not specifically investment banking, this book was an awesome glimpse into what really goes on behind the scenes. It is a must read if you hope to make a career in IB since it strips away at lot of the hype and gives you the bad side. Some of the stories are truly hysterical. Some will have your head scratching as to why these guys make so much money.
The authors need to consider a career in writing as they kept me firmly enraptured the entire ... Read More
- funny, helpful, insightful, but datedMonkey Business is a larf riot accurately describing the early stages of a young investment banker's career through the "Associate" level (pecking order runs "intern" "analyst" "associate" "vice president" "director" "managing director" and "executive director"), and as such is excellent reading for the inside look at what your calendar really will look like for these crucial early years.
The technology described herein is a bit dated, but the insights into personality and deal-making stages are ... Read More
- Very Enjoyable ReadReally hits the little details that drive analyst/associate level bankers craaaazy! E.g. the constant rewrites only to end up back to the original, the md on the phone making edits to a draft from three days ago, the drunken Christmas party... Very fast, enjoyable read.
- Very funny and needs to be read with a certain perspectiveThis is a funny book no doubt. Its not written by writers and thus there is no rules of writing that have been followed which makes it funny.
Even though some have said the life style is exaggerated (and maybe it is) but unless you are an I banker or part of the fraternity in some way, there is no way to denounce what has been written about the profession.
I really think that while being a cautionary tale for fledging IBankers, this book is also a testament to the hard times they spend ... Read More
