Hi Ex-Working Girl,

I truly enjoy reading your posts. Since you have five years of experience in the finance world, I wanted to know your opinion. Is it worth switching careers to IB from technology at the age of 27? I mean, I am very interested in finance, however, I fear that at such age it is a little too late to jump and actually to succeed. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

TechGirl

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I recently got a lovely piece of fan mail asking me why I have not posted anything new recently. Despite my healthy ego, the fan mail was much appreciated.

The reason why I haven’t been able to post much as of late is because I have been busy chasing the all mighty dollar. More on that in a later post, perhaps.

Getting back to the fan mail, as some of you might have noticed, I have also been getting some acrimonious comments on our site. And I wanted to make a general retort by comparing the situation to another very common phenomenon in NYC — getting passed up by doormen at nightclubs. It seems to me that the readers making these bitter comments about my fabulous lifestyle among the bankers, private equiteers, hedgefunders of the world are just doing so for a really basic, primal reason: envy. That’s right, not much to it — they’re just mad because they have not been able to enjoy the same perks themselves.

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Dear Ex-Working Girl:

How about the OLDER Guy or the Younger Guy? Got any insight on them? The other ones that you describe are pretty much on par…you are a very good writer!!! .

Monica

(Note this comment was in response to the Ex-Working Girl’s The Guys Guide post)

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Dear Ex-Working Girl,

I enjoy ur columns and advice but would like ur opinions/insight to my question. I will start at a boutique bank ( major european one ) in about two weeks focusing on M & A and restructuring. I am geniunely [sic] interested in the work but am a little afraid that my social life and health will suffer. I mean im in my early 20’s and want to go out, meet girls , etc. More

Dear Ex-Working Girl,

Is it true that attractive successful women in NYC won’t even give a guy a look unless he is rich. To what extent is this statement true?

So Ronery

Dear So Ronery,

It is true, but not unfair. More

Hello.

I read your posts and find them to be entertaining and interesting. I’m a 25 year old hedge fund trader in Chicago and am really frustrated because I’m unable to meet women. The “hot” girls at clubs and bars are difficult to approach, and there are almost no females at my work. Moreover, I went to college in the East coast, so I have very few friends here. I feel like I’m in a hopeless situation. Is there anything I can do to rectify this? I’m planning on going to B-school eventually, which will allow me to meet more people. It’s just that I’m having a hard time fitting into the Chicago scene; I much prefer New York, but I’m forced to be here because I haven’t been able to get good job offers in NYC.

–Frustrated in Chicago