QotD: Describe your life
What are the 5 words that best describe your life right now?
Submitted by mojito.
Waiting for Adam's Career Decision. Last year around this time our life was centered around whether or not I would take NYC Associate job or stay here at Regional/Philly job as an Analyst.... As many of you know, we ended up deciding for NYC only to (happily) end up back here. Then, we had the delightful house drama... our current life status is Adam-centric.
This summer, Adam is at a job-fork in the road... bond trading, not so fun these days. Actually, its pretty damn stressful, making him not always pleasant to be around. He needs to decide is this a career that he could be happy with, and is it a job that will still be around in 20+ years.... if not, better to switch careers sooner rather than later.
He's got three choices 1) suck it up and continue being a bond trader. 2) Switch to bond-buyside {buying bonds for funds} instead of being a trader. 3) Get out of bonds entirely by going back for his MBA. I already got the green-light from my company that I could stay with the firm and relocate, so long as we pick a city/town that has an exisiting brach office. This is nice because it gives Adam a broader range of MBA programs to pick from, should he choice this option.
Not an easy choice.... I think he should go back for his MBA, but that's not cheap. I think it gives him more job opportunities, and I love the idea of living in another city for two years. I think he's going to find another job in bond-land instead, which to me is only a band-aid solution, since the bond market is still changing, so this would just postpone a job switch to later in life (when he will be more entranched, and harder to switch). Just my opinion....
tick tock, tick tock... he can't delay too much on this. If he does opt for the MBA-route, he would need to get his GMAT taken and his application/essays/references in by Dec. He'd start a two year program in Sept '08 and this would in effect put off any babies until after he graduates, May 2010. That means kids would wait for another three years, which I am totally OK with - I can't say that it would happen much sooner anyway. So, we'd have our first when we were 32. I wouldn't really feel comfortable with him waiting an additional year, that would mean we'd have our first kid when we were 33 or 34 - might be a bit late for my comfort.
