Inside the Life of a High-Earning Internet Banker
I work in a corner of Wall Street that most people only see in headlines—the Internet and Interactive Entertainment group of a major bank. We’re the people who sit behind the big “XYZ dot com merges with ABC” stories. When you hear that a streaming service is swallowing a rival or that a video game publisher is issuing billions in new bonds, it’s likely someone like me is in the background, building models, arranging financing, and whispering to CEOs about what’s possible.
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Maybe Everything Is Going to Shit (Or Maybe That’s Just What Getting Older Feels Like)
There’s a moment and I don’t know exactly when it happens, maybe it’s 32, maybe it’s 44 — when you stop assuming the future will be better than the past. You stop thinking the world is a machine that refines itself. Instead, you start noticing the rust.
And it’s not that things have objectively gotten worse. Not always. It’s that your perception of everything — politics, culture, the people at your grocery store — has been quietly rewired while you weren’t paying attention. You go from assuming things will eventually make sense to realizing that nonsense might be the default setting.
Every Person You Meet Has Lived an Entire Life Before That Moment
It’s such a simple sentence that you almost overlook it. The kind of sentence that belongs in the corner of a page or whispered over coffee. Every person you meet has lived an entire life before that moment. It sounds obvious. It sounds like something your therapist might nod toward before sitting back in their chair. It sounds like something you’d find taped to a fridge in a halfway house or the caption under a stranger’s face in a yearbook you’re not supposed to be reading.
And yet.
It holds a kind of quiet gravity that grows heavier the longer you stare at it.
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Linkage
A Look At The Past. At The Way Things Used To Be – Ned Hardy
The Hype is Real! If you’ve got pets, kids, or just a tendency to spill stuff, this cleaner is a total game-changer that makes even the nastiest stains disappear like magic. – Amazon
Scientists Reconstruct a Million-Year-Old Skull and Suggest It Could Rewrite Our Timeline of Human Evolution – Smithsonian Magazine
U.S. to Provide Ukraine With Intelligence for Missile Strikes Deep Inside Russia – WSJ
Game of the Year 2025 predictions: The front-runners and challengers to come – Polygon
We Finally Have Free Anti-Robocall Tools That Work – NYT
Millionaire Wisdom: How to Grow Net Worth – ESI Money
25 Core Memories Every 90s Kid Still Holds Onto – Ned Hardy
This is a solid purchase if you like to listen to podcasts or music while showering – Amazon
OpenAI’s Sora 2 Generates Realistic Videos of People Shoplifting – Futurism
Sean Combs, in custody for a year, to face sentencing on split verdict – NPR
Hegseth announces troops in combat jobs have to meet highest male physical standards – Task & Purpose
Ranked: The World’s Most Innovative Countries in 2025 – Visual Capitalist
We shouldn’t let kids be friends with ChatGPT – Archive.ph
Groundbreaking Firsts Of Major Medical Procedures And Surgeries – Linkiest
The Dumping Grounds
Poll of the Day
Do you parents expect you to take care of them as they get older and head into retirement?
The Difference Between Frugal and Cheap
People love to talk about how “good” they are with money.
But then you watch them tip 5% at a restaurant, re-gift a used candle at a baby shower, or fake a bathroom break when the group bill comes.
Congratulations, you’re not frugal—you’re just cheap. And there’s a big difference.
Why Feeling “Behind” Makes You Easy Prey for Scams and Bad Investments
Let’s just get this out of the way:
If you feel like you’re “behind in life,” you are the scammer’s favorite type of person.
Not because you’re dumb. Not because you’re reckless. But because you’re hungry. Desperate. Searching for the secret cheat code to catch up to everyone else.
And when you’re desperate, your judgment goes to shit.
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If You’re Planning to Get Married, Read This
Look, if you’re not ready to make your partner your priority, then do the world a favor and don’t get married.
Marriage isn’t a status update. It’s not a ring, a dress, a party, or a highlight reel for your Instagram followers. It’s a f***ing commitment. A brutal, inconvenient, uncomfortable, beautiful commitment.
And that means this: your partner comes first. Emotionally. Mentally. Logistically.
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