inside the hidden world of Wall Street's post-crash recruits Roose, Kevin 1987- creator text bibliography nyu New York Grand Central Publishing 2014 monographic eng

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xv, 320 pages ; 24 cm. Becoming a Wall Street banker is like pledging the world's most lucrative and soul-crushing fraternity. Every year, thousands of eager college graduates are hired by the world's financial giants, where they're taught the secrets of making obscene amounts of money--as well as how to dress, talk, date, drink, and schmooze like real financiers. This is the inside story of this well-guarded world. Kevin Roose, New York magazine business writer, spent more than three years shadowing eight entry-level workers at leading investment firms. Roose chronicled their triumphs and disappointments, their million-dollar trades and runaway Excel spreadsheets, and got an unprecedented (and unauthorized) glimpse of the financial world's initiation process. Roose's young bankers are exposed to the exhausting workloads, huge bonuses, and recreational drugs, but they also experience an industry forever changed by the massive financial collapse of 2008. And as they get their Wall Street educations, they face hard questions about morality, prestige, and the value of their work. Kevin Roose. Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-310) and index. n-us-ny n-us--- Stockbrokers New York (State) New York Investment bankers New York (State) New York Inversiones bancarias Investment advisors New York (State) New York Asesores de inversiones Nueva York (Estados Unidos) Financial services industry United States Industria de servicios financieros Estados Unidos Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 Corredores de bolsa Nueva York (Estados Unidos) Asesores financieros Nueva York (Estados Unidos) Crisis financiera global, 2008-2009 HG 4928.5 R781y 2014 332.64273 9780446583251 (hardcover) 0446583251 2013032580 DLC 130821 20240520151600.0 122356 eng