Lynn Petrella’s Post

Growth & Opportunity

It's been a decade since I accepted my first job as an analyst at Goldman Sachs. I still remember every little piece about this, right from getting my offer letter, to stepping into the office for the first time; it all seemed like the perfect job. But here are a few things I wish I had told my earlier self: 1. Your job is not your life: My work at GS was everything. My weekends were spent sleeping off the all the time I wouldn't get to sleep on weekdays. 2. Don't be afraid of the unknown: Quitting GS was one of the scariest things for me. I didn't know what to do next. I didn't even know about the startup ecosystem, or if I was good enough to ever be employed again. 3. Never stop exploring: My job at GS was nothing close to what I do now. And this came from years of learning, upskilling, being uncomfortable not knowing something, having tough conversations. Just keep learning. I am nowhere close to being "sorted" in life, but when I look back, 21-year-old-me would be happy I took the risks, learnt what I learnt, and never stopped figuring out life, and I suppose that's what's important 🙂

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I felt trapped by a successful career at Goldman Sachs. Then, I decided to quit. Since high school, I had aspired to be an investment banker. One of the first things I did at Georgetown University was apply to work as a teller for the entirely student run credit union. A lot of credit union alumni went on to Wall Street. Sure enough, a few years later I landed an internship and later a full time job at Goldman Sachs. And, I (mostly) loved it. - A great culture - Fast track promotions - Working with really smart people - Compensation growing at 200% per year - Was told "sky is the limit" for a career path But, the problem was... I had an itch. I had a dream to start a company. I liked the idea of building something. Creating it from the ground up. Growing a team. Bringing a new product to the world. I liked the idea of working for myself -- the freedom, autonomy, and radical self-responsibility. Quitting a high trajectory career at a top investment bank at age 26? Most of the people said I was CRAZY. And, when I made a pro/con list, it supported the conclusion that I was crazy. But, here's the thing... More than anything, I wanted to follow my dream because I thought it would make me happy. I saw the chance to try and create something great. And, I refused to let it pass. I was nervous: - Would I run out of money? - Was it a good enough idea? - Could I actually make it happen? - Did I have what it takes to be a CEO? - What if it failed? What would I do then? - Am I throwing away an amazing career? And then a wise mentor asked a simple question: "When you look back on your life in 50-years, will you be happy that you ran after your dream?" The answer was an instant YES. In that moment, I found the courage to throw aside the golden handcuffs of a world class job... And decided to follow my dream. It happened to turn out well. We build a great team and they helped us build a $125-million company. But, even if it hadn't... I would have regretted not trying. So, here's my advice: life is too short NOT to chase your dream. There will be 100 reasons to say no. But you only need one good reason to say yes. In my coaching practice, I help successful achievers get out of their own way and follow their dreams. And, in doing so, unlock a new level of happiness. ______ ✍️ What dream are you NOT chasing? 🗨️ DM if you're ready to follow your heart. 🌐 Learn more www.chrisvillar.com Hi, I'm Chris. I'm a founder turned coach. I help successful high achievers unlock abiding happiness.

Exciting News!🎊🎉Before embarking on this learning journey, I had a clear goal in mind: to work JPMorgan Chase & Co. Now, I'm taking courses to hone the skills required for my dream role. I'm grateful to have found Forage a platform that's making this journey even easier by providing opportunities to learn directly from the organization and tackle tasks that will prepare me for the job. Today, I'm thrilled to share my first project task on Excel. The main focus of this project is using conditional formatting to explore date trends, patterns, operational abs significant values – like negative or positive sales growth

RIP Goldman Sachs When I started out at Goldman, it was the most feared firm on Wall Street. Those days are gone for good. My first job after college was as an analyst at Goldman Sachs. The three years I spent there were very long — time plays tricks on you when you're working 100 hours a week — and very unhappy. But they were also very formative. I learned how to think about how a business makes money. I learned how to work really hard. I learned how not to be intimidated. And I acquired a deep and lasting paranoia of being even a minute late, a mindset that is familiar to anyone who has been a junior analyst at Goldman, and one that my friends today find equal parts baffling and amusing. As the years passed, my short stint at Goldman continued to give me a sneaky sense of pride. I say "sneaky" because after the global financial crisis of 2008, criticism of the bank — some of it even written by me — mounted dramatically, culminating in Matt Taibbi's famous piece likening the firm to a "vampire squid." But here's the thing: The criticism always contained a trace of awe. There was a mystique to Goldman. It was cool and competent. Even when it lost hundreds of millions on a trading bet gone awry, or intentionally screwed its own clients, well, that had a certain swagger to it. Being a partner at Goldman meant you were part of the greatest wealth-creation machine the world had ever known. You were one of Wall Street's kings. "Thank God I didn't go to Morgan Stanley," I'd think to myself as I watched Morgan transform itself from a firm that was once very much like Goldman — prestigious, brilliant, a bit mysterious — into yet another run-of-the-mill firm that catered mostly to retail investors. Which is why the past few years of bad press about Goldman, mainly focused on CEO David Solomon, have been shocking, and oddly painful — the way you feel when something you didn't realize mattered to you is being broken. It isn't just that the bitterness about Solomon's leadership has spilled outside the firm, prompting The Wall Street Journal to describe Goldman, in a headline, as "at war with itself." It's that the leaks are coming from very senior levels inside the firm — a development one longtime Goldman observer I spoke with called "unprecedented." While there was always plenty of internecine warfare at the firm — think CEO Jon Corzine being knifed by his partners — what happened at Goldman stayed at Goldman. As Solomon recently confessed to a former partner, "It's a very, very hard war, and I'm being fracked by my own troops."

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