"Old Man" Rudy Discloses his Financial Past & Broker/Dealer Licenses
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I remembered when I worked in the Trump Tower(Mercer Asset Management) for a company and took the series 7 and 63. GAWD that test was insane!!! I failed btw, and I failed like a down North Korean missile test! I've been there too Rudy, but I left early without taking another test because I realized it was a pipe dream that lead to nothing for about 99.99% of the people and I would have better luck in almost any other field, other than Wall St. Don't work in Finance, its a dead end that leads to nothing and you can literally be happier working with live sharks than working a nothing dead end finance job while being yelled at to increase numbers while calling people and telling them to spend money they don't want or don't have on things they most likely will never need, because it will let them down!
"literally be happier working with live sharks"
While there's bong water everywhere now, I don't care. That was hilarious.
@@adamtwigge6708 Idk which line is better, sharks, or bong water lol.
I passed the tests first time and I majored in English/art in college. If you enjoy talking with people, the job is fantastic...dead end? Haha, there is so much money flowing and the independence it affords you is amazing. I want something, I buy it.
YGOPaisano! You’re everywhere!
Rudy said in a past video he would get breast implants if he got to 1 million subscribers. LET'S GET HIM THERE!!!
It ain't hard to make out fake YT accounts. Don't even need to make separate Gmail accounts
I already see the video. He pops up with his giant different color balloon cleavage and then he starts to juggle some plastic fun bags. Rudy will be true to his word!
If you get a million subscribers, maybe you would gift someone else with implants instead?
1% female viewer here.
Thanks grandpa rudy for the video.
I would literally listen to Rudy read through the phone book
What is a 'phone book'?
WHO WOULDNT O.O
Same here. Such an interesting voice/accent.
Rudy I think you should do playlists. I'm a late comer to your channel going through your backlog and this video (among others) is excellent and i'd like to easily find topic-related videos on your channel.
up up! same here :-)
More story times please! This was really interesting to listen to.
Why would I go to business school and risk getting a useless degree when I could go to art school and get a degree that's guaranteed to be useless?
shgecko my Grandpa went to art college and went on to be worth 7 figures
Well hot damn, that's encouraging.
Hahaha
As a business major and a bank employee, this was nothing short of enlightening. Gotta think some things through, for sure.
A lot of this hit home pretty deeply working at a CS call center. Ive been pretty fortunate in my progress and with my company but the pathway from bright eyed to big headed to apathy and depression is familiar and definitely a true representation of corporate culture. Thank you for sharing your experience here for everyone's benefit.
I feel like Rudy was going to tell us about how they actually DID take him aside in a room, accusing him of cheating on the series 66 exam, but then he got sidetracked. =(
Rudy "Floopy Taco" Sanchez, investor. A man barely alive. Gentleman, we can rebuild him. We have the Kahns of Tarkir. We have the capability and came make him better than he was. Rudy will be that man. Stronger. Faster. Floppier. Rudy is... The Alpha Investor.
Love the Six Million Dollar Man reference...now you got that opening theme song in my head.
That cut at the end though
what does he want from the college kids?
Thats Rudy's next level editing leaves us wanting more.
The moral thing is so real. I've worked at two call centers where when I was promoted to team lead, the promoting manager told me that I wasn't as technically skilled or knowledgable as other candidates, but they picked me because I had a positive attitude.
this video is criminally underrated. i hope his message doesn't fall upon deaf ears. and the irony? i don't even play magic.
I study finance and marketing in college, went for a semester to Hong Kong, then thankfully changed to be an English teacher. While all the glam and high flying guys seemed to be in the suits, I wanted a more relaxing peaceful job. After watching this video, I am so happy that I made the right choice.
I work in a technical support call center. You punched me in the balls
Stephen Bedsole I work in a call center for a gifting company as a supervisor it is a never ending nightmare but pays well so I feel your pain.
i actually work at a financial deal in a call center, but never really felt punched in the balls by what he said, its all true.
Honestly Rudy, I found this video really insightful for one major reason alone. It really connected with me. As a senior in college who is majoring in business, getting spoon fed a real world taco really helps me see the big picture of what is next for me in a year. I hope you do more of these!
I appreciate that you've put this out there. While I don't work in finance and have no real intention to ever really go into such a job, the point you make about expectations vs. reality is possibly the best put one I've heard since university.
Rarely during tertiary education do you actually learn what your future occupation's workplace will be like, or if you'll even have the stomach or sheer force of will to hold it down once you're there. I appreciate this video as a point of realism against all of the fanciful dreams and assertions that have been fed to myself and people like me about where their degrees may take them.
While I hope that you weren't outright lied to about the prospects and difficulty of your position, that's happened to quite a few people out my way - maybe at some point when I've had more time to reflect on things and a little more experience of my own, I'll go back and do something similar about my own experiences.
Generally speaking I find your more serious videos to be excellent to watch for the perspective you have on these things, so consider that the tl;dr version.
Thanks for the content, and best regards.
I'm a relatively new subscriber of yours, and what really got me interested in your channel was how you took ideas from the financial world, which I have some curiosity, but no real knowledge of or wish to delve into, and put it into something I enjoy (MtG). I love videos like this. I hope you do many more.
Rudy, I do not know if you will read my feedback, but I have gone to school for two years, I have a degree in Respiratory Therapy. I am not working in that field. I have worked my butt off to pay off all my debts and to invest. I spent six years working in a high volume warehouse store owned by Walmart and I have seen around 600-700 associates and 44 managers come and go in my tenure working for the corporation. When you are in the grinding wheel and people around you are constantly being abused until they cry, or they lose their shit, you lose a piece of yourself in the process. It is the ability to connect with people in an emotional way that is truly meaningful. I consider it a type of damage to the soul (a part is permanent, a part is not). I went into leadership their knowing with my mindset, how I tend to thrive in a chaotic environment, that I could reduce the level of hostility a few degrees. I was successful, and I can say that in that grinding wheel, I did make things better for others to the best of my ability. I left there 5 months ago when a severance package was offered to me during a company restructure. I will not lie when I say, I miss working with people who were sort of a family to me as we worked through hell, but I just got another job that I start in a few days and I have a vibe I am going into a new hell but with a different corporation. I consider myself a good person, intelligent, but i must be insane, but I need to make money and invest, I will make it and I will have my house in a few year, I am determines and confident in myself and learning investment on the side now.
Rudy, you are obviously a high IQ person, competent, and play a psychosocial angle on people where you know you can achieve a positive by playing on a negative in a 4D chess angle. I appreciate seeing that. I bet you can be an asshole too, I respect and like that too, that is why I watch your videos from time to time. Trust your mind and gut with your intuitive since, I am sure if you read this you know what I mean. 😁
I don't know if it's just a florida thing but in my experience being one of the people who created and administered those types of tests, a 70% pass rating is quite gracious. For other sectors like the one I worked with, the volume of content people were expected to get through to eventually make it to the call center floor was astounding. I'd literally see thousands of new people every month, and for the vast majority, they only money they'd see was for the training. Every time there was a change on the federal level, there was a new mandatory test with requirements of 100% pass rate, this is after getting certified. Luckily I was skilled enough to be able through using my mastery of teaching and to be able to retain 99% (100% in most cases) of the workforce, but even with those types of successes, that level of control over other peoples livelihoods, I myself got let go for no reason (yay florida). Probably because some executive felt threatened about my ability to run the business or the politics of me being successful in general. It would come to fruition that the executives were looking on making the sector bad intentionally for political reasons as a means to be able to sell the company at a more compelling rate, and the trajectory it was going wasn't satisfying the would be purchaser, who would end up liquidating the business and inevitably destabilize the market. One of the reason I do enjoy watching your content is because you often joke around with these concepts, and it's refreshing. While I am not successful or have any sort of monetary mobility to have my own ventures, it's nice to see someone come out of the machine and do better for themselves. Keep on chuggin, Rudy!
"Ethics was my weak area" made me laugh so hard. Man I love to see how you have built this channel up. I remember when there weren't that many of us watching this. You don't need me to tell you but you're one special man. Good luck with everything!
This was such great info. I decided to be an accountant and took the GMAT and am heading in that direction, and from working part time in accounting firms, I can kind of see what you're talking about.
I fucking swear Rudy is an evil marketing genius and these videos are a build-up to his ongoing scheme to sell more product.
Creepy Rudy's Creepy Boss: "Rudy... I gotta tell ya son, if you scored any higher on the Ethics section, I'd have fired you on the spot. So try and bring those Ethics levels down a bit and you just might have a future here kid!"
Creepy Rudy: "You got it Sir! I overheard some subversively ethical talk from little Timmy the other day."
Creepy Rudy's Creepy Boss: "Thanks Snitch Rudy I'll be sure to squash his humanity later today."
The rise of creepy Rudy
Rudy! I was scheduled to take my Series 7 on September 12, 2001, at 1 Wall Street (needless to say, the date will give you an indication as to why that date was postponed). I never took the exam. Kudos to you for all the hard work that took. Love your videos!
Hi Rudy, Great video. I personally worked in a call center for a few months. Honestly you hit the nail right on the head. I worked for this company for about 5 months and they fired me for the most idiotic reason. Basically got fired because i couldn't type fast enough in french. I live in montreal and french is my second language, so i have really good understanding of the language and how its written. But it turned out, I was just wasn't good enough.
After all that i honestly really didn't want to work for these big corporate companies that don't give 2 shits about their employees. I end up start my own video game company with a close friend of mine and it's going great. I finally get to do something i enjoy. And honestly i'm happy, to see people like you sharing your experiences with the public and telling everyone that life isn't always as easy as it seems. Keep the good work and good luck to everyone in there future endeavors.
Every time I hear rudy yell "Welcome back everybody!", it always puts a smile on my face.
"What if you live in a company" - Rudi (Goblin) Timmy
It's crazy cause I started watching due to all the old cards I used to play with, but got hooked a bit more when I saw the financial talk. Was just talking to someone who works at the same BD as me about how I saw this stuff too.
My favorite Rudy videos are these real life stories. My all time favorite video of yours was where you explained your ambition when working and managing at the restaurant and the tricks you used to make more money. You scared people talking about grandparents looking back on their life and realizing it could have been more. Keep up the content Rudy, you have the most honest ball-punching reality channel in existence. hash flippin tag bringbackhanginghundreds
Blake D what's the name of that video? That Rudy talks about managing the restaurant??!
Hey there Rudy. I'm a college student right now. I'm studying international business and Chinese language to try to make 6 figures within 5 years out of college and/or have a consistent job. I haven't had internships at major firms or even experience in finance, but I know what you're talking about. I see it in my professors and TAs. The finance and accounting teachers always carry themselves in a different way and are particularly harsh. One of my accounting teachers went out of her way to publicly scold students, but I assumed it was cultural since she's Polish. It's pretty common for us students to ask professors about their experience and why they went into academia. For the accounting and finance professors it's always either "the industry is a little rough and this is a more secure job" or "I'm taking a break from the stress back at XXXXX company." Anyone who can say that dealing with whiny college students 60+ hours a week is easier than their old day job is either gifted, insane, or in the wrong industry. I never want to start a career in finance and feel bad watching my classmates go off to repeat the finance version of the Amonkhet block story line.
Cheers to you, Rudy. Thanks for the video and ongoing advice. May your tacos always remain in peak floppy condition!
This video was amazing and i really hope you do more, thnks old grandpa Rudy
Great video Rudy. I currently work in a very corporate environment and am blown away by how the people are treated in the restaurant business. I have been a manager for seven years ... been through buy outs... watched good people forced out of their jobs. Watch companies bend the rules so they can make more money.... putting off fixing things that could potentially be hazardous...etc. When I came out of high school and got my first job I was so clueless how the world functions and how greedy people can be. How crooked corporations can be. Glad to see you show your background and put some real world feeling and analysis to the corporate world and world of finance. How people are viewed as a dime a dozen and are all considered replaceable. Pretty heavy real life shit. Not many youtubers touch this stuff. Nicely done sir.
As someone who got a degree in Econ/Math...this video speaks the truth. Something is incredibly wrong with the way the financial industry is structured and how ethically dim the industry has become. The dehumanization element of Finance is a serious issue. Also, the Series exams aren't the hardest financial examinations. The SOA/CAS exams make any lower certification (CFA/CMA/Series/etc.) look like child's play.
I don't play Magic, but I really appreciate Rudy sharing his life experiences with us. Thank you Rudy!
Good points. It really hit close to home when you said moved across the country. I did the same for an intelligence job and thank God I was in the reserves because it was my way out of an uncomfortable situation. Careers are not what they seem the light isn't always brighter on the other side someone will always be there to replace you no matter how experienced you are. Good stuff.
As a finance major your stories of your past before you went big into magic are like solid gold.
Thanks for this Rudy. These are my favourite kinds of vids from you; the ones that tell the human struggle. As someone who struggled in different careers and then eventually ended up doing the work he's doing because he likes it (I run my own store now) this resonates with me. Thank you
This is by far one of your best videos. Please continue these, also you didnt tell us what happens when they pull you into a back room if you get > 90%. Do more of these real life story videos, very interesting and very real. looking forward to the next one
Thanks Rudy. I am a finance graduate myself and I am glad that you are touching these subjects in your vidoes. All thru high school/college I was set on wanting to work at a high end financial firm as a CFP like you described. Last second I decided to work in real estate investments/property management. This video reassures me that I made the right decision not working for big corp. Dont even know how to play magic but its very interesting how much of an investment opportunity this game is for people, thanks for the finance content.
As someone who isn't even remotely interested in getting a financial job but instead work as a Psychologist. That one bit where Rudy disclosed how both the field and the job degrade your sense of connections and empathy. That made me really sad, i hope Rudy is okay!
Did Rudy ever explain how he left this world? Cause that would make for an interesting video.
Lumpyrox he was fired eventually for not being enough of a scumbag. he mentioned it long ago.
I had a similar experience with Audio Production school. It was right before the industry went digital, the studios weren't hiring when I graduated. I pretty much had the option of working as a studio receptionist/ studio bitch for minimum wage in NYC. So I decided that I need to take a different career path.
Damn dude, I don't know anything about Magic & I am not interested in a career in the financial industry but I can't stop watching your videos.
The way you talk about your personal experiences and share your perspective seems transferable regardless of the industry.
Please do more videos like this, you're making me seriously think about what I want to do with my life when I watch this shit.
I was *this* close to going down a path of dedicated international finance and investment, what you were doing was what I insanely wanted to do. But I had this moment of clarity, a realization, that I really didn't *want* to do it, not for the right reasons, and changed my life course. Watching this video has given me so much reassurance that I chose my direction correctly.
Thanks for posting this, and for all of your other videos, Rudy. Floppy tacos forever.
As a college student that still is trying to figure out his path I want to say thank you I've been thinking of swapping to investing/finance instead of software engineering/ computer science, you really opened my eyes to what I really should expect out of a career. Thanks Rudy these style of story time videos are great.
Hearing about your personal journey is very interesting. I worked support at a variable annuity company, had my series 6 registration (which was cake after passing the CPA exam the year before). I respect those that can make it in finance even for a little while, even Creepy Rudy (who I just saw on my INWO "Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Overdoing" card).
Don't think you'll ever read this Rudy, but I'm currently in university/college studying finance and I completely understand where you're coming from. I can tell that MTG and card games in general are a passion for you. I love TCGs/CCGs (although I don't play Magic) and collecting them admiring artwork is just amazing. I like how honest you are with your opinions! Keep it up man and may your taco always remain floppy. Cheers
I'm doing the call center grind my self, and your numbers are spot on. Started out at 32k base hourly plus commissions. I generally pull about $55k with commissions. I had the benefit of finding an entry level position and don't have that looming college debt.
The money is nice, but you get trapped. I went from a shitty gas station job living in my van to owning my own house in a matter of months. Call center jobs are awful, you will get burnt out very fast but of course since you get acclimated to that kind of money you have no choice but to keep going.
Thanks for sharing your story, Rudy.
Been down a similar path (lots of. Success no passion for my job) you are being very honest and realistic the industry can consume your soul the smart people make their money and get out!
i worked in a financial call center and it was exactly how Rudy described it. you have to sell out to their philosophy and never deviate from it to advance to any true degree. so happy i am also out of that industry.
Just saw some of your content and while I am not interested in cards, anime, or anything of the sort from what I've seen I am impressed by how you are planning and running your business. I've got a finance degree and two masters degrees, work for a fortune 500 construction firm and am in charge of purchasing for some material and labor activities for a rapidly expanding division. You are 100% right about most finance graduates in that unless you've been proven and you've got to really push to move up and that's not hitting its crushing goals and being willing to move and live it while living with that risk that you could be a sacrificial lamb at any moment. That ambition and skill keeps you moving up until you reach that ceiling, or you loose it, or the promotion spots are the long-time people so you're going to sit until they leave (often for years). I went towards this because I like data, analytics, projections, and the constant race to find the next high from a deal but you're right that 95% of those people come and go because they shouldn't be there in the first place. I enjoy the grind but when I seen an opportunity I'll still bounce because long-term I know the odds and after a few years I'll be tired of taking the crap.
I worked for an electric company for a while with those types of attrition rates and they crushed you for a year and the 20% that made it were then given decent packages and raises and the retention rate exploded after 2 or 3 years; the high attrition rate was a filter (I was a temp then so i was only there for a time anyway but it was interesting to watch them drop in a matter of weeks). Your experience and that "damaging effect" is why you've got a shot at being one of those few successful small businesses and you are correct about some of these exams, they are nuts and those regulated industries really value them. It is so cutthroat and when you finally "make it" and get hired oh the fun has only begun. If you are ok with finding a job and staying I encourage people to do that, if you want to constantly fight and be ready to loose it all on one decision then go into the business world and push to constantly rise or start a business for that matter because if you fail at that it's an even stronger effect and it can ruin a hobby. Rudy knows the risks, seems to have a though-out business model, and separates emotion and passion when it comes to running a business. I respect that and hope to do it myself someday with the knowledge I'm gathering but for anyone who's bothered to read this, make sure you know what you are getting into whether that be a career or a business venture or even an investment for that matter.
thank you very much for the raw behind the scene knowledge dump. Not my career path, but an interesting viewpoint as well as a realistic education for future prospects.
Rudy, there is no greed monster in this, you need to take it down and redo it. Or rename the lottery cards box into "greed monster vacation" and have the pig in it.
are you daft ?
Worked in financial services until about 6 months ago for 2 years. EVERYTHING you're saying is true. For people wondering if he's maybe exaggerating some, ERRRR-wrong. I worked at a national level company in my local hometown, was identified as someone who stood apart from the rest and was asked to join a managing director's team as his succession plan for when he became managing partner and had to give up his practice. It is unbelievable the things these companies are okay with you enduring. And guess what, the client's and prospects are equally as difficult. There is satisfaction and appreciation in your job very little (in the beginning) and it can be a total soul crusher for many. Ultimately, I had a difficult conversation with my previous boss and my fiancee and decided that my heart and my passion lied somewhere else (technology) and I separated. I feel like I am living on a permanent vacation now.
Financial Services is not for the faint of heart.
Very interesting stuff there, Rudy! I have been in retail management for 15 years now, since right after college and there are a lot of similarities between the two industries. I've definitely been through the ups and downs of the corporate world and it does take its toll. Thanks for sharing and keep up the great content as always!!!
Wait so your last name isn't alpha investment !
Rudy Withalphainvestments
Rudy Withalpha Investments
I know this video is almost a year old BUT this video is gold!! I totally agree with everything you said and if people hate you that means you're doing something right!
I'm studying accounting to be a CPA. I don't have illusions about going in big 4sand climbing ladders... I've been playing music all my life and I needed something solid to make a living - not a career, so I chose accounting (and it can be quite interesting). Still that punched me quite hard in he balls. I just keep in mind that some of your finance knowledge is what makes you successful now, and maybe life will show me a different path once I have some experience and I can get into some interesting projects. Thank you for your video and I would like to hear more about your experiences.
I dated a girl that worked in a call center and they would always have "moral events". It was the weirdest thing to see from the outside, it was like something you would expect from a highschool or . They would have mini carnival games in the parking lot every couple months, building wide contests all kinds of crazy shit.
This is the reason I love and subscribed to your channel. I'm not involved in finance, and I haven't bought a pack of Magic in my life (though I have played the game and some other CCGs in my years), but you combination of the two just speaks to the stats/numbers nerd in me. Your presentation of the topic caught my interest a few months ago, and I've been a fan ever since. This video is something every high school kid needs to hear, because I am sure many people have gone through the corporate slog and understand where you are coming from. Keep doing what you do and I will keep watching, even if you don't wear pants.
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PROBABLY my favorite video since The Credit Card Warrior.
Couldn't imagine people vastly richer and smarter than me are not immune to the spirit-crushings and dream-burials that are common in the less intellectually-demanding field that I came from and may have to return to.
Muh taco flopped hard, man.
wow. this hits home like guacamole hits my tacos. consistently. listen to "oldman" Rudy, kids. been working on my music to get out of the IT game. its just as much of a crapshoot to chase the corporate ladder, so I'd rather do what I love and go into business for myself. keep on doing what ya do.
Rudy! Anybody with some reason knows you are a highly intelegent Person with a Lot of financial knowlage. Thank you for your videos.
Now I know why my Old man is worth a ton, thanks Rudy
No, now seriously dude, Im in that point in my life that Im about to finish my degree, all I do is think about future, where to work, what to do, how I want to live my life, and these videos help quite a lot, I have saved some of them in a list and I listen to some of them from time to time, like the one you did about life journey. I just want to say thank you rudy, thanks for your content and greetiings from Spain
Wow this video really hit home Rudy. I had a very similar experience - really loved your honesty about it.
I graduated in December 2015 from college and I still don’t have a job/career for my degree. My degree is in Bacholer of Science: Industry &Technology with two minors of Computer Technology and Buisness Administration (IT only). I live in Indiana.
Golden insight. Something people wouldn't know were it not for this platform and its creators
Love the financial videos. As someone who works in health care... it can be as soul crushing as you describe. If you have a specialty and can start your own practice, it may be profitable. But basic community health agency stuff is fairly low paid for the level of education it requires.
Absolutely loved this content! If you could do a video about your first day and other stories that would be awesome.
Main reason why I decided to switch away from business is because I felt like everyone and their mom is doing it so I switched to double majoring in computer science and computer engineering. I graduate this fall so hopefully it works out.
Hi Rudy, You're right! Continue your business! Jealousy is the human problem! keep cool!
This was pretty amazing and interesting Rudy. I would love to hear more about the horrors of the financial industry.
Also you must've been pretty amazing to pass that test with a 91% score rating.
I quit my job a few weeks ago for the same reasons that Rudy is talking about here. He speaks the truth
I noticed that when i wanna go to the Alpha Investements channel i always forget the name and just type 'Creepy Rudy' in youtube, works like a charm lol.
Rudy, man you speak to me. i just literally just left my shitty "tech" call center job after being there for 4 and a half years, i feel like im on the verge of breaking out and making the real cash, but still struggling where to put my focus, keep the stories and life experience's coming. hoprfully someday i can toss you 10 bucks a month so i can buy my magic cards from you.
I was just accepted into business school at the time you took that test. College is fun stuff. The real world is not. I could not even make a dent for myself financially so now I am moved back home to my folks basement and doing manual labor. I missed the on ramp, but I’m happier for it. I just plane hate the big city. I choose rural areas or ski towns. I took away a big message from your video. The business you do for yourself is the most important thing.
I work at an FX brokerage. Been there 18 months - have about 10 clients (been cold calling since the day I got in) - and not a single person I was hired along is still there and I think only 1 is left from the group right after mine. I've been "about to be fired" since June lol.
Studied English lit. All the old timers either didn't go to college or also majored in something crazy. Have to agree with Rudy here if your going into it to get rich or get rich quick I promise you there are either ways.
The amount of drip in this video could flood NOLA 10x worse than Katrina. xD
Thank you for making this video. As a degenerate day trader who's currently going through a small low, your insight and experiences on moral really helped. Thanks :)
Rudy, we already know that your last name is TacoBell.
I'm in the game development industry and I see a lot of people succeed in their ambitions and a lot more fail. Here's what I think: People go out hoping to find their passion and while maybe 1 out of 50 people stumble upon something they're so inspired and enthralled by, the other 49 of us need to get realistic.
For the 49 which I include myself in; you gotta decide what your passion is going to be. Think of it like this: if you were in prison and your only stimulation was chess, or drawing, something simple. You could easily become obsessed with it, in order to keep sane. But through that you would actually start to love it and get real visceral enjoyment out of it. Choosing your passion is about eliminating anything in your life you want to do more than said passion. It's hard work, self control, and sacrifice, but you will eventually enjoy it as much as the compulsive activities you currently do for free.
My advice is choose something carefully that would make the most practical sense to cultivate into a passion. Something that your strengths and interests can play in to. Do it, or tread water while your dreams float past you and you subsequently wallow in hedonistic distractions to sooth an empty sense of purpose.
Best regards,
Cam
PS. Thanks Rudy! Please make more videos like this.
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I am a banker. I work for a National Bank. I almost quit a month in for the same shit that you were talking about. I only stayed because of the hate the other banker had for me because I got their promotion and cell phone sales suck and I wasn't going to let that bitch win. I'm going to stick with it because of the benefits and there's nothing better in my area. I've seen at least three girls crying because of the BS they had to put up with and this isn't a large branch. I'm happy to know that I don't dread Mondays alone. Thanks, Rudy.
If there is something in your life making you miserable, be it a job, relationship, living situation... anything.... you’ve got to get away from it!
Most things you can change and the changes are simple.
If it’s more complicated, tell someone, get some help, but don’t let that feeling of misery fester.
There are answers out there that don’t involve hurting yourself or damaging yourself further.
As soon as I realized those were all a bunch of "Old Man of the Sea" cards in the background I lost it
Your past life is literally Bane reference, " you're going to use a lack of credit rating that only works on the uninitiated and we are both initiated, OH you think of risk is your Ally You only adapted yourself to risk, I was molded by it I never saw a safe investment tell I was already a man and by then it was nothing but blinded"
One of my favorite videos on your channel man
I miss old Rudy. But time marches on
Interesting back story, must have been up before I came across the channel. I also got some certifications, not in finance but in a related field, now working with customers across the board. More of the back-end side, not in direct sales or so. I guess more like what Dan/OB does for a job.
Hey Rudy,
probably you won´t read this. Because of you I got into buying and selling Nintendo-Games on ebay. Your very rational approach towards investing yet your emotional involvement in the matter from an early age on made me think if there is something I have a lot of good memories with, so i can get more connected, more involved with my job/investment.
After a couple of months of analysing the market without investing anything I started investing couple k in bad placed auction and sold slightly above 800 items with an average profit of 12 percent of the overall value. If it keeps going like this I can easily finance my studies with this method. I finally found something I like and I can make money with, thanks to you my boiii.
Greetings from Merkellandia!
Rudy, I believe the best outlet for you to share your story would be to write a book or screenplay. I would love to read your experiences.
Awesome Rudy, I would love to hear more about your past. It is rare that I can't find relevant value in your videos. This was cool.
i know nothing of magic and i know nothing of financing, yet i watch all ur videos
This is probably my favourite kind of Rudy. The real Rudy. The best Rudy. Much love!
woo part of the 1% ♀ viewership
My original plan was going for a degree in International business but now looking into E commerce as it seems to be easier to land a job in that field.
So true... everything is 100% accurate. Ive been in Banking (Corporate Bonds) 15 years now, 5 different companies. Ive managed to make it to the "top". It has destroyed me, I am totally broken. At 38 I will be retiring soon, but it has not been worth it. I would not recommend this "journey" to anyone...
Less than 0.5% of people succeed, it is not a "fair" and level playing ground. The winners usually get chosen pretty much on the day they start... it does not matter who is the "best". Family and connections matter more than anything. Banks pay you as little as possible. To get a promotion or a payrise, you need to move... and the Interview and selection process is brutal, they push you to breaking point.
Wish all schooling advisors were this caring about the people they were helping.