A day in life of a Dubai investment banker….
Thinking of a life in Finance this year? No matter where you end up, none of you will end up with a life like my friend wwww in Private Wealth Management in Dubai at ... I have taken the liberty to show his professional life in a typical day, enjoy...
9.30am: Get up, switch off alarm clock, go back to bed
10.30am: Sun is shining, it’s a beautiful day, finally up, roll "Natasha" off the other side of the bed
11.30am: Out of flat, into cab, think to himself hey that Paki driver look like those three brothers in London that I know...
12pm: First one into the office, that’s what the boss likes about me, he thinks contentedly, as he languidly slinks into his leather chair, and switches on the a/c, before calling his sister
12.30pm: As boss walks in, all of a sudden, he starts trying to sell bonds to his sister, par/16 is great value for US dollar snowball habibi he shouts into the phone to a puzzled sister, as his boss walks by...Boss nods appreciatively and wonders to himself, how they managed without the energy of this young Bedouin warrior (his thoughts not mine...)
1.15pm: After minesweeper and solitaire, its time for lunch... Boss has stepped out for a meeting, so wwww has to be quick about lunch today, he decides on the 5 course meal at Intercontinental
3.45pm: wwww quickly swipes the last piece of cheese cake, before rushing back into the cab; he decides he is still early, maybe catch a nap back home before he heads to the office
4.30pm: Rise and shine! wwww decides to now head back into the office
4.45pm: The phone rings for the first time today, it’s the Dubai Herald they ask if wwww would like subscription, wwww hangs up and returns to his counterfeit Playboy Magazine...
5.05pm: The phone rings again, even for peak season, this is very busy and wwww is quick to pick up the phone before anyone else is disturbed from their afternoon nap in the office...
5.06pm: It’s the wrong number...
5.06pm: BUT WAIT, the girl sounds hot over the phone, zzzz puts on his bestest "qq" accent and she seems impressed... Now its execution...
5.08pm: Done! wwww sets up a 6.30 pm dinner at that posh Italian place, where the camels do that funny moonwalk dance. Just before he asks her what she is wearing (he is really that good, even from a cold call), the boss comes in and wwww starts shouting "BUY BUY BUY" before hanging up
on the poor confused girl
5.09pm: Boss shakes his head and asks his young Bedouin warrior why he is still in the office; they walk out together, protégée and mentor hand in hand
Our young hero has had an exceptionally busy day at the fastest growing economic region, in one of the biggest Financial Institutions in the world....
His evening is even more fascinating but that is an entirely different story....
Rehan Latif |
