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What was the culture at Wall Street like when you started?

What was the culture at Wall Street like when you started?

My initial rendezvous with Wall Street was like stepping into a 1980s movie set - a thrilling tango of suits, ties, and frantic phone calls. The air was thick with ambition and audacity, and the culture was a frenzied fusion of risk-taking and relentless competition. I mean, if you weren't putting everything on the line by breakfast, were you even trying? The suits were as sharp as the tongues that brokered million-dollar deals before the first coffee sloshed down. But beneath it all, there was a riveting sense of camaraderie, like we were all part of this insane, high-stakes rollercoaster ride.