Why did Mike Lavigna make me watch the new Wall Street? Whatever reason lay behind the seemingly innocent act held dire and unforeseen consequences. Michael Douglas’s character was my idol; he was engrossed in his work, fraternizing with the high and mighty, and bathing in dough. I was going through the phase of my life where I thought I wanted an Aston Martin, a Ferrari, and an Audi R8 at my 2nd home in Barcelona (I’m over that phase).
For those who haven’t seen the movie, Michael Douglas and Shia Lebeouf are mega-wealthy investment bankers whose jobs are more than just a career: they live investment banking. There is all sorts of excitement in their lives; they are constantly faced with pressure to sign on with a competing company or to purposely sink the stock price of a pesky businessman. Needless to say, it was enthralling and I fell in love (déjà vu) with the idea of Investment Banking and finance.
I hadn’t truly considered the more technical, money-oriented path until my mother’s friend Susan came over to my parents’ house while I was home for break in Carmel. She worked for KPMG and after giving her the rendition of my Wall Street experience and the wisdom it seemed to impart to me she thought that Economics would be a perfect major for me. She gave me a dozen copies of The Economist to read, and suggested that I read Freakonomics. After flipping through the first few magazines, I was sold. I started looking for finance and economics-related internships immediately after I submitted my “Addition of Major” form to the Registrar’s office. Not even a week after I had submitted the form, I regretted the decision. What would truly make me happy? I knew it wasn’t economics. Thanks a lot, Wall Street.
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