[quote=davelj][quote=Russell][quote=davelj][quote=Russell]That’s why I didn’t become a banker. What the hell would anyone become a banker for except to negotiate success against what gold diggers offer? No that’s not right. That is just a career for people following the most primitive instincts, and once under taken, is a sure fire stop to an individual’s social evolution.[/quote]

[quote=davelj]
You lost me at “why I didn’t become a banker.” I have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about here.[/quote]

This bit remains baffling…[/quote]
You are over thinking it Dave, I was just being a prick… in an amateur social anthropologist sort of way.
Keep trying.[/quote]

OK, I’ll assume that you believe that the only purpose of becoming a “banker” is to achieve “success” (money, etc.). Thus, it is impossible for anyone to actually “enjoy” the job of banking, which we can extend to investing (generically) at the professional level, as they are essentially the same activity (as bankers merely invest in the senior debt of a company). Thus, all bankers, investors, etc. hate their jobs – it is solely a financial/power issue. Correct me if I’ve gotten this wrong.

This is totally absurd. (Again, if I’ve interpreted you correctly, and since you’ve declined to elaborate, I’ll have to assume I have.)

To be clear, I’m not a banker, but rather an investor (or, financier, if you prefer, as I also do a bit of investment banking on occasion). Although I sit on the board of two banks, manage a partnership that invests in banks, and generally do a lot of bank-related work, among other things.

Consequently, I’m in contact with a lot of bankers and investors. And I can tell you that a large number of them – although certainly not all of them – like what they do quite a lot. To use myself as an example, when folks ask me how I like what I do, I respond that I enjoy it because my vocation is my avocation. That is, my work is also my hobby. Finance and investing intrigue me, so I’ve always enjoyed my work, although I enjoy it a lot more now that I work for myself. If you handed me $100 million tomorrow – Fuck You Money, so to speak – I’d continue doing exactly what I’m doing now… because I actually like it. You, personally, might be repelled by this notion. But, we’re all wired differently, you see.

Now, are there bankers (etc.) who do their jobs solely for money, etc.? Absolutely. Just as there are folks in virtually every profession who have their jobs for the very same reason – money. I seriously doubt that bankers are any less “evolved” (as you put it), on average, than most other folks. But perhaps they/we are. And, if so, I’ve got no problem with that.[/quote]
You are over thinking it, Dave. I was just being a prick,in an amateur social anthropologist sort of way.