I pretended like I was applying for an internship at Golden Sax. The rationale is Goldman interns work notorious hours. So you need to see if they have the stamina. And there's also kind of an alcohol dependency problem in the banking industry. Some of my buddies who work at Goldman said that it actually did get brought up in an HR meeting. Somebody from Goldman was like, this kids pretended to be an intern and he posted this. But if they would have contacted me, I would have blown it up even more. It would have been even more ridiculous.
Jack Raines is an online writer and LinkedIn provocateur, whose newsletter Young Money has already amassed 30,000 readers. Jack joins the show to discuss the importance of travel, the upsides of authenticity, risk, luck, and much, much more! Important Links:
Show Notes:
- Jack’s origin story
- Optionality and opportunity costs
- Hostel hopping
- The healthy life
- Grindset and hustle culture
- LinkedIn pranks
- Slamming the door on opportunities
- Work culture and the Great Reshuffle
- The luck of being alive today
- Crypto skepticism
- Quantifying risk
- Jack’s three favourite places in the world
- The default path is not your destiny