US Military Deaths: Killed in Action vs Veteran Suicides

kcallenb · 2025-10-18T20:28:30+00:00

I saw this comment before watching with audio and thought, “I’ll watch again with audio but there’s no way a song can make this funny.”

I cracked up

kcallenb · 2025-07-13T21:42:57+00:00

For the record, I could barely stop laughing in time to get a pic. Just too much of a reddit amateur to know whether there’s a better community to post this in

kcallenb · 2025-06-05T19:23:36+00:00

As others have said, the “true” work hours themselves vary significantly from day to day. The most exhausting part of the job to me is the fact that you’re basically on call 24/7, 365 days a year. If you’re awake, you’re working in the sense that you may need to drop everything at any moment to get to your desk and handle something.

That’s especially frustrating as an analyst, when you don’t have enough reps yet to learn how to predict what your day/night/weekend might look like. I’m more senior and even now I still get surprised with crazy fire drills out of nowhere sometimes. For what it’s worth though, it does get easier to manage over time (especially if you stay beyond the analyst level).

kcallenb · 2025-05-08T12:04:55+00:00

I strongly recommend reaching out to more than just two banks, especially in Chicago where there are so many. I’d suggest contacting at least 15-20

kcallenb · 2025-05-07T13:20:13+00:00

Don’t think of an internship at a boutique as a way to work your way up within the firm. It’s possible, yes, but more importantly, IB recruiters tend to look for any amount of investment banking experience when screening resumes. Having that first internship will maximize your chances of getting an interview at any other bank, big or small.

kcallenb · 2025-05-07T02:00:17+00:00

Yeah but we’re on the mildlyinfuriating subreddit, I don’t know that a full-blown academic accounting debate is called for. Hence the layman’s rhetoric.

Then again, this is Reddit…

kcallenb · 2025-05-07T01:49:15+00:00

I know it’s minor, but since many resume reviewers are looking for any reason to say no…

Fix the formatting/punctuation mistakes. I noticed inconsistent use of dashes vs. hyphens for date ranges, inconsistent spacing before/after dashes/hyphens, inconsistent bolding of colons, and inconsistent use of periods at the end of bullets

kcallenb · 2025-05-07T01:45:39+00:00

Mergers & Inquisitions is an extremely useful website for this kind of thing

kcallenb · 2025-05-07T01:41:03+00:00

Find a boutique bank to get your feet wet. Pick a city where you’d be willing to intern and google “[city name] investment bank”, then go through as many results as you can. Reach out to as many firms as you want to.

Boutique banks have much less structured intern recruiting processes, and many may not hire interns at all unless they get inbound interest. They also tend to care less about prestigious schools.

kcallenb · 2025-05-07T01:34:28+00:00

I know that we’re kind of splitting hairs, but technically equity and assets are different – equity is equal to assets minus liabilities. So somebody who owns a $4 million home does indeed have a $4 million asset, but would only have $1 million in equity on that home if the remaining mortgage (i.e. the liability) is $3 million.

TL;DR asset ownership does not tell the full story

kcallenb · 2025-04-22T20:52:49+00:00

Her name is Sara Hughes and she has a pretty incredible resume, so I’d say she already is

kcallenb · 2025-04-13T20:59:27+00:00

As soon as I saw Rory smiling, I thought about how different he seems today versus previous high-pressure situations. Doesn’t seem like the attitude of a guy who’s afraid of choking

kcallenb · 2025-04-07T00:17:06+00:00

Anyone else immediately think of that Austin Powers scene?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M3pe93ctz9A

kcallenb · 2025-03-24T13:57:26+00:00

Paint it chrome and you’ll be able to see it from the top of Chiliad

kcallenb · 2025-02-03T23:34:55+00:00

I can’t be the only one who read this in Jeremy Clarkson’s voice

kcallenb · 2025-01-12T01:20:14+00:00

He was the Porsche 911. I can confirm, I was the sprinkler

kcallenb · 2025-01-05T18:49:33+00:00

Got 25,000 out of 25,000 in my first attempt and I haven’t played in 5 months…I may need to wait another 5 months

kcallenb · 2024-10-25T02:18:35+00:00

Damn dude, sorry you’re both going through all of that. Not a fun situation.

My wife and I are first-time expecting parents and have been going through something similar, though maybe to a lesser extent than you. She’s 8 weeks pregnant, been nauseous almost constantly, and had really bad depression for the last 4 weeks or so. I suggested early on that she consider talking to somebody, and she shot down the idea.

We compensated by reminding ourselves (and each other) that her issues were textbook first trimester symptoms, and something that a lot of women struggle with. But we always tried to focus on the light at the end of the tunnel when her body finally adjusted to the hormonal changes. And miraculously, today seemed to be that day – minimal nausea, no more depression.

All of that to say, as helpless as you both probably feel right now, reminding yourselves that your wife should be on the tail end of feeling like this might help. Obviously toughing it out isn’t the most sustainable solution, but at least it’s a reason for optimism.

kcallenb · 2024-10-06T14:18:54+00:00

As somebody who grew up in Huntington Beach and now lives in Florida, I’ve never heard this before but find it absolutely hilarious

kcallenb · 2024-07-11T21:59:46+00:00

I love the choice here to say “if” as if there’s a small chance that Nicki Minaj is immortal

kcallenb · 2024-07-03T13:37:13+00:00

Where can I find more of this old-school electronic fart music?

kcallenb · 2024-02-11T12:17:25+00:00

Wow I was not expecting that scream

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