The I’m-Cooler-Than-A.J.-Challenge
By BankersBall on Oct 17, 2006 in Clublife, Emails & Diversions, Famous Bankers, Lifestyle
It sounds like many of you think you can do better than A.J. Apparently, all of you rock stars have cars better than Porsches and ride the white horse all night long (with models and bottles of course).
Eager beavers can and should (for all of our workaday amusement) step up and make a mini banking celebrity out of yourself. Just remember: sex on the beach is a drink. All the information is here.
On Oct 17, 2006, Anonymous said:
I’m ready to roll up in my souped-up Prius ready to race
On Oct 17, 2006, Anonymous said:
The sad thing is, if you just look at the bi-weekly salary of a banker adjusted for taxes, rent, and other expenses, they’re probably making less than their non-banking friends. I’d like to know how many nights at Cain A.J. can afford before he is evicted for non-payment and has to move back to live with his parents in Edison New Jersey. Talk about compensating for a messed up childhood. Geez.
On Oct 17, 2006, Lisa said:
Are you jealous, childish or both?
How did this get from a nightlife video to “compensating for a messed up childhood? and eviction?” If he was really from Jersey, he’d drive a cheap Beamer and have a headband on or over-geled hair.
First place I want to go, other than home to sleep at 2am when I get out of the office, is to a bar or lounge.
On Oct 17, 2006, Anonymous said:
Nice to see you think you know jersey so well. So tell me, were you the white girl or the asian girl with A.J. in the video.
On Oct 17, 2006, Anonymous said:
looks like someone is getting defensive
as bankersball says: Come on “eager beaver” - “STEP IT UP!”
if you hate so much, let’s see how you do and we’ll write about you
On Oct 17, 2006, Mikey said:
i think its clear who has a messed up childhood….
On Oct 17, 2006, Anonymous said:
don’t hate, just realistic. 65k a year doesn’t buy much in NYC, sadly
On Oct 17, 2006, Anonymous said:
ur right it doesn’t. Does anyone bother to ask what if its not only 65k?
we’ll never know
On Oct 17, 2006, Rob said:
Give him time, it’ll be much more than that soon - on that career path
On Oct 17, 2006, anony said:
what banker worth a damn makes only 65k a year? I suppose that might be right post-taxes (even that’s a stretch for anyone except a 1st year analyst), but everyone has to pay taxes. Maybe this video was shot in cleveland…or maybe there are a lot of jealous folks posting right now.
On Oct 17, 2006, Anonymous said:
I definitely think it’s jealous people
Salary wasn’t mentioned in the video at all - and anyone on the street knows that 65K would only be a base salary if anything, YE bonus (a big portion of compensation) is not counted
It wouldn’t be unreasonable to expect a 1st year analyst to break 100K total, especially at the smaller boutique banks - not bad for a young dude
On Oct 18, 2006, Never Leave ur Wingman said:
Why drop the jealous hater card on those who are critical of this guy? It’s great to go out on the town every now and then, but I personally think the guy is throwing away his money if this is a weekly habit. The total comp of an analyst is not that much (sorry sell-siders it just isn’t), and unless he’s subsidizing his lifestyle with income/financial support outside of his banking job his bank account is probably so-so at best.
On Oct 18, 2006, Anonymous said:
clearly there’s another revenue stream there somewhere, could be a typical overachiever
throwing away money is what wall street does best
On Oct 18, 2006, Trade It said:
it never really says in the video if he’s a banker or not, just that he’s at one
he could be on the sales desk, or be a trader
On Oct 18, 2006, Tell it Like it Is said:
That is exactly my point “Never Leave ur Wingman”. Even an analyst making ~$150k cannot afford to lead that lifestyle on a weekly basis. Think about how much rent is thesedays-$1500 minimum.
On Oct 18, 2006, JF said:
it says on his myspace (since deleted) that he’s a fixed income analyst at M S
On Oct 18, 2006, Anonymous said:
Wait for “Wall Street Warriors” to come out on INHD. They got this young fund manager Tim Sykes as their star. From this article, looks like we can expect some interesting clips:
http://www.observer.com/20061023/20061023_Rebecca_Dana_pageone_nytv.asp
On Oct 18, 2006, Anonymous said:
As much as are all ragging on him - I know there are a bunch of us (myself included) that wanna see more of this guy - he tells it like it is, arrogant or not…looking forward to seeing more
On Oct 18, 2006, Anonymous said:
When’s the next one coming out?
On Oct 18, 2006, Anonymous said:
It may say MS but it also says a bunch of crap that can or cant be true
AXA and Citi - do they even count?
Porsche and Wilhelmina…definitely not banks
On Oct 18, 2006, Anonymous said:
I saw that thing on Gawker - it looks like that “cached” page was from around 5/31 (check last login)
It’s mid October, he could be anywhere on the street, maybe not even on the street anymore
On Oct 19, 2006, Wings said:
Weird because I definitely saw this kid on the BofA trading desk about two weeks ago
His “MySpace” is probably a fake, or just wasn’t updated
On Oct 19, 2006, Anonymous said:
No 23 year-old analyst drives a Boxter unless mommy and daddy bought it for them. If you graduate college at 22, this is your 2nd year…MAYBE you got a nice 20k bonus on top of your 60k salary.
Nights at CAIN? Ya…maybe if your MD brought you as a tag-along.
P.S. Chicks drive Boxters. Be a man and get a 911.
On Oct 19, 2006, Anonymous said:
Kid went to fordham. check facebook
On Oct 19, 2006, anon said:
er…2nd year analysts definitely make over $100k.
On Oct 20, 2006, Correct said:
I don’t see this kid on Facebook
And yes, 2nd year analysts can make way over that - I feel like some people on this board aren’t really Wall Street people
This kid clearly didn’t go to school to repair fridges
On Oct 31, 2006, Anonymous said:
isn’t that what fordham teaches? and which real bank hires from an 8th tier school like that?
On Nov 1, 2006, anon said:
you guys are all chiefs
On Nov 2, 2006, Yeppers said:
Fordham Law is amazing, Fordham Business not as good, but definitely not “8th Tier”
Nobody said this kid went to Concordia!
On Nov 3, 2006, Anonymous said:
I guess this means nobody is cooler
On Nov 3, 2006, Deez said:
“Fordham Law is amazing”
Ha! Good one.
On Nov 3, 2006, Yeppers said:
It’s true - any lawyer on the street can tell you it’s a great school…Top 20…and statistics wise the first year pay out of school is very competitive with NYU and Columbia Law..
My gf graduated from there and she makes more than I (I went to Yale Law school)…don’t know where I went wrong
On Mar 13, 2008, DevonShale said:
Fordham Law has a stellar reputation amongst lawyers and judges. This is not an opinion, but an industry fact.