WSO: Midlife Crisis and Early Retirement

[Auxi]( Hey {NAME}, Your dream IB job is just one stellar interview away. Prep to impress at our 4-hour [IB Interview Bootcamp](=) on Feb 24th, 2024. -Patrick Top Discussions 1️⃣ [You Need to Get Out - Rant, My Experience for 5 Years in IB]( - "Do not let your years at IB lower your self esteem or sense of self worth..." 2️⃣ [Anger Management Issues - Any Advice?]( - "The environment you’re in can make a big difference..." 3️⃣ [Remember Why You Started - Retiring Early](=) - "There is nothing original about this post, but if your goal is to retire at 50 with a family, don't let anyone tell you it cant be done..." 🚨🚨🚨New Investment Banking + PE Roles Open NOW - Application Tracker (US + UK)🚨🚨🚨 = From Summer 2025 internships in the US, to off-cycle opportunities in the UK, we have our students covered. But now… There’s a way to get access to these trackers even if you are NOT accepted into WSO Academy. If you apply and complete a first round interview with us, we will give you access to these valuable trackers as a token of appreciation for your time (for the next 2 week only). Again, this is normally just reserved only for students in WSO Academy, so we’re not going to do this for long. Make sure to join the waitlist today so that you get your applications in on time… [>>Get on the waitlist<<](=) (below is an example of one of our daily updates to our students in our private slack community)... = Top Discussions Continued 4️⃣ [Interview prep with no finance experience](=) - "College student in the US studying CS and beginning to explore options in IB/PE. I have no experience, haven't gotten into any finance clubs, and know very little about finance. I tried looking at..." 5️⃣ [Is copy trading the next big trend in retail investing?](=) - "Most retail investors underperform the markets; why is this? Often, they get into exciting picks but don’t know when to sell. Copy trading removes the emotion and enables you to automatically copy the trades of someone with a validated track record. dub is the first to bring copy-trading to market in the US. Don’t miss out." 6️⃣ [Blackstone Performance Kinda Sucks, No?]( - "As others have already said, Blackstone is not a “performance” product. It’s a “sleep easy” product..." 7️⃣ [If You Restarted Life as a Trust Fund Baby, What Profession Would You Pursue?](=) - "After years of traveling, settle down in wherever I felt most at home and start up a non-profit, ideally one that was multi-faceted so you could help more than one cause..." 8️⃣ [ECM Sucks, How About Growth Equity?]() - "There’s no 1 golden path to the buyside, contrary to the redundant sentiment you see on WSO..." 9️⃣ [Dealing with a Midlife Crisis?]( - "My dad went through a midlife crisis, it was awesome. He put a 2-post car lift in his garage and started restoring old corvettes. Also picked up a motorcycle for a few years." 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