Im just joking for the most part. I did briefly entertain the idea of accounting, but it was painfully boring. At these there was some excitement in econ, stats, finance. (to me)
**** you just don't understand
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Im just joking for the most part. I did briefly entertain the idea of accounting, but it was painfully boring. At these there was some excitement in econ, stats, finance. (to me)
Oh, low level accounting is certainly boring. At the private level it devolves into monkey transaction work and checking boxes. Auditing is even worse. However, at the higher levels of a business you need to understand the accounting of a transaction before you enter into it so that it makes sense for the business.
Of course I know you understand that. I'm not going to act like accounting is this high thrills job. Its clearly not and I question whether or not this is where I want to be all hte time. But ultimately its a great base to have and at some point I'll go back to school to get my MBA with a concentration in finance.
Making it to partner after 12-15 and you are set for life.
Base salary of 450k with lucrative bonuses...and that is just the starting compensation.
Thethe if you ever consider moving or relocation, I'm an executive recruiter on the side. Can help you find something.
New Jersey has 5 of the 30 deadliest cities in America.
Sounds like a nice place to raise a family.
30 Newark, NJ
29 Washington, DC
28 Atlanta, GA
27 Trenton, NJ
26 Birmingham, AL
25 Bridgeton, NJ
24 Jackson, TN
23 Milwaukee, WI
22 Fort Pierce, FL
21 Spartanburg, SC
20 Rockford, IL
19 Little Rock, AR
18 Baltimore, MD
17 Homestead, FL
16 Cleveland, OH
15 Newburgh, NY
14 St. Louis, MO
13 Harvey, IL
12 Myrtle Beach, SC
11 Alexandria, LA
10 Memphis, TN
9 Wilmington, DE
8 Atlantic City, NJ
7 Flint, MI
6 Bessemer, AL
5 Oakland, CA
4 Saginaw, MI
3 Detroit, MI
2 Chester, PA
1 Camden, NJ
Sounds like a nice place to raise a family.
30 Newark, NJ
29 Washington, DC
28 Atlanta, GA
27 Trenton, NJ
26 Birmingham, AL
25 Bridgeton, NJ
24 Jackson, TN
23 Milwaukee, WI
22 Fort Pierce, FL
21 Spartanburg, SC
20 Rockford, IL
19 Little Rock, AR
18 Baltimore, MD
17 Homestead, FL
16 Cleveland, OH
15 Newburgh, NY
14 St. Louis, MO
13 Harvey, IL
12 Myrtle Beach, SC
11 Alexandria, LA
10 Memphis, TN
9 Wilmington, DE
8 Atlantic City, NJ
7 Flint, MI
6 Bessemer, AL
5 Oakland, CA
4 Saginaw, MI
3 Detroit, MI
2 Chester, PA
1 Camden, NJ
Everywhere. My boss does most of the executive recruiting for financial jobs. I'm working more on engineering jobs.
zitothebrave
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THen you have places like Pennington, Mt. Laurel, Manalapan, HIllsborough, Fort Lee, Milltown, Westfield, etc. For a dynamic perspective. Camden is right next to places like Cherry Hill and Collingswood, and they have no problems. The localised issues in NJ are that. Localized. The gangs in Trenton aren't moving up to Princeton to cause issues or down to Bordentown. NJ has issues, it's not a perfect state. But picking on it for a few bad seeds isn't fair. It's like ****ting on Michigan because of them having some bad cities.
zitothebrave
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This whole post is a bigger lie than the cake.
History south carolina may have a claim on, but I would argue it would depend heavily on what you value for history.
Food is no contest. Even ignoring you being in a metropolitan area should grant you better food in a small area, and I'll give you BBQ and soul/southern food, because NJ has some good places, but it's not the same. But you're gonna dare tell me the food is as good? Do you even Hoagie bro? Do you know that italian food isn't egg noodles with ketchup? Do you even have delis down there?
I'd live in Charleston as far as a place that's cool to be. But I'm also a 4 season kind of guy. One of the reasons I didn't move to Eugene when I had an offer to be an apprentice Brewer for rogue (aside from you know moving across the country for a pretty low paying job) was it's basically spring/fall all year long. NJ is in that sweet belt where you get all 4 seasons. Though my ideal place to live without 4 seasons would be Austin. Don't like Texas, but I do love Austin.
zitothebrave
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Pennsylvanians can't be classified as one group. While NJ has diversity in it, Pennsylvania is freaking weird. YOu have folks in the western part of the state who're more Midwestern, people in Pittsburgh and Cleveland have more in common than Pittsburgh and Philly, then you have the people who're more rural than Kentucky populating the central part. Then you have the more white trash types surrounding Philly, the New York types in the Scranton area, and so much more. Pennsylvania is a weird state for the north east. NJ is pretty diverse, New York has the NYC and then the rest of the state thing, Mass has the east/west, Maine has the south/north, New Hampshire has the Mountains/flatlanders, so on so forth. But Pennsylvania takes the cake for me because it's so heavily pulled by it's metros, and the surrounding areas as well.
That being said, the majority of the NJ assholes are Philly transplants or wannabe New Yorkers. The rest of us shake out heads at that shenanigans.
zitothebrave
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Being from there is a huge part. But my girlfriend who's from New Hampshire loved NJ. She wouldn't have moved back to NH if her parents didn't have a restaurant that she wants to run. She loves New Brunswick. She loves where my parents live. She loves Freehold. Even with the weird Freehold smell. She loves the shore, princeton, so on so forth.
It really depends on how you're geared as a person. If you can't stand the fast paced lifestyle you'll hate NJ. It's cutthroat, only the strong survive, so on so forth. But if you work hard, NJ gives you some of the best ways to play hard as well.
As a former lifetime resident, I can tell you this, it's an amazing state. I'm sure other states are great as well, but there's nothing that's the same as it. Greatest state in the union.
I agree with you about the seasons. I lived in London a couple of years for school and fell in love with winter. Summer here is basically 75% of the year so you practically always have to be fit enough to go shirtless. In England I loved knowing there were a few months that I could eat and drink to my hearts content and be able to hide my chubbliness behind a thick beard and multiple layers of clothing. That, and I'm one of those weird people that thrives in dark, cold, and isolated settings.
We'll just have to agree to disagree about the food.
zitothebrave
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We won't have to agree to disagree
NJ has better diversity, and that makes for better food. Don't get me wrong, I really want to go to some places like say Husk, cause Sean Brock is awesome. He's one of the chefs who I love because he's all about local and tradition. 2 things that are great. But there's a thing even greater, which is when you have a large variety of cultures. Mexican, Cuban, black, italian, Indian, Jewish, Japanese, Chinese, FIlipino, and many more. To pick on New Brunswick, I can think of an Ethopian place, greek, Turkish, Korean, Chinese (american and authentic) Japanese, Mexican, Indian, Jewish, Filipino, and too many italian and American pub joints.
We won't have to agree to disagree
NJ has better diversity, and that makes for better food. Don't get me wrong, I really want to go to some places like say Husk, cause Sean Brock is awesome. He's one of the chefs who I love because he's all about local and tradition. 2 things that are great. But there's a thing even greater, which is when you have a large variety of cultures. Mexican, Cuban, black, italian, Indian, Jewish, Japanese, Chinese, FIlipino, and many more. To pick on New Brunswick, I can think of an Ethopian place, greek, Turkish, Korean, Chinese (american and authentic) Japanese, Mexican, Indian, Jewish, Filipino, and too many italian and American pub joints.
I live like three blocks from Husk and it's certainly one of my favorite restaurants in town. I think Esquire voted it the best new restaurant in the country a few years ago. Sean Brock is definitely a super talented chef with the unique ability to reinvent traditonal cuisine without making it inaccessible either by taste or cost. He recently opened a haute-ish Mexican restaurant in another area of the peninsula that is growing on me.
I will say that the ethnic cuisine scene here is exploding; in the past year two Korean, two Vietnamese, and a Lebanese restaurant have opened which are all excellent and quite authentic. In that respect CHS is almost like East Berlin after the wall fell. Along the crazy amount of development that is happening locally the diversity of the food culture is also exploding.
zitothebrave
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Enjoy the explosion while it happens. Experiencing other cultures through foods is my favorite. Number 1 thing I hate about where I live now. No real options. In the nearest town to me, the ethnic cuisine is a pretty good Thai place (owner is Thai) 2 bad chinese places, a bad mexican place and a decent mexican/brazilian place. Brazilian is essentially non-existent on the menu aside from rodizio nights. And thats it. I need a real italian joint so freaking bad. I'd kill for a good chicken parm. Up here chicken parm is over breaded and the sauce sucks.
Burritos in San Diego... mmm.
zitothebrave
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While the southwest is the mecca if you would. As they're much closer to the native home of the ingredients and so on so forth. Freehold is home to 2 great mexican joints. All it takes for good mexican food is mexicans and someone who can cook it in a restaurant setting. Good mexican is found in most major metropolitan areas.
Here's a question for you though c2c, what kind of mexican do you prefer? Cali-Mex? Tex-Mex? Authentic mex? Though we'r eseeing more and more a blend of th efirst 2. best of both worlds type.