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In this episode, Member Odyssey 2112 shares how he survived a monstrous debt load, horrible timing,

and some unforgiving industries, including investment banking at Jeffreys, and an internal corporate

role at Barclays. One wise piece of advice on what you should optimize for and some humorous

stories along the way. Enjoy. Odyssey 2112. Thanks so much for joining the Wall Street Oasis podcast.

Thank you for having me, Patrick. It's a pleasure and an honor to be in your presence.

Just for clarity, that's Odyssey without the E. But it would be great if you could give the listeners a quick summary or your bio.

Yeah.

So I'm a second-generation South Asian male, my parents immigrated here in the 70s to Long Island, New York.

So I was born and raised there, grew up a pretty typical

lifestyle. I was really into music and economics and finance. I was actually pretty dorky,

you know, in elementary school where I would, you know, I really was fascinated by like basketball

and baseball stats.

So I'd actually make up my own players and create stat sheets on them on paper, which is really,

really dorky. But I knew I always really like numbers and calculating things and selling and talking

to people. So that's what helped me gravitate towards business and finance.

My dad's a doctor, so I always saw him.

Mine too.

Work with this patient.

Yeah, yeah, what kind of doctor?

Cardiologist.

My dad's an endocrinologist.

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