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my empire state of mind - by enya - Yapperoning

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When I was 14 years old and envisioning my dream job, I wanted to be an investment banker. I did not know what investment bankers did other than the fact that they wore fancy suits, worked 100 hours a week, and lived in New York City, and I wanted to wear fancy suits, work 100 hours a week (why??), and live in New York City. After learning about what DCFs were freshman year, I concluded banking was not for me but still set my sights on New York. To a Silicon Valley kid, New York was artistic, cultural, different. In New York, I’d be efficient and busy with life. I’d do interesting things and become an interesting person. Finally, I wouldn’t be the person walking the fastest on the street. I’m 23 now and spent the last year living in New York, though I traded in banking for a tech job, fancy suits for jeans, and working 100 hours a week for a pretty standard workweek. A couple months ago, I decided to move back to San Francisco for 2025. Many of my high school friends and colleagues won

Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published Amy Hwang for the New Yorker, 12/25/23 When I was 14 years old and envisioning my dream job, I wanted to be an investment banker. I did not know what investment bankers did other than the fact that they wore fancy suits, worked 100 hours a week, and lived in New York City, and I wanted to wear fancy suits, work 100 hours a week (why??), and live in New York City. After learning about what DCFs were freshman year, I concluded banking was not for me but still set my sights on New York. To a Silicon Valley kid, New York…

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