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Sto caricando le informazioni... Private Equity: A Memoir (edizione 2024)di Carrie Sun (Autore)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. I’m not typically a fan of workplace reads, whether biographical or otherwise, but there is something endearing about Private Equity and the way that Carrie Sun tells about her climb up the corporate ladder, focusing primarily on her time at Carbon working as an executive administrative assistant to the founder of the company, Boone Prescott. From the beginning, it was like listening to a friend tell me a story. It is very engaging and surprisingly thought-provoking, especially for someone who is the furthest from being financial or corporate-minded herself. I got heavy The Devil Wears Prada vibes as far as the assistant job that is like a succubus to your existence, completely taking over Carrie’s life before she even realizes it’s happening. She was living to work not working to live, and it always breaks my heart to see people give up so much for a job. I know it had to be hard for her too because I could see how this would be a dream job to some, but at what cost? My heart hurt for Carrie and what she endured yet I also feel inspired by reading her story. I am currently at a personal crossroads myself and seeing how she jumped and took a leap of faith, plus where she eventually landed, gives me confidence and courage to do the same. This is a story not only comes from experiences but also has personal reflections as it’s clear that Carrie was trying to process her life during that time through writing and self-reflection. Honestly, I wasn’t expecting to like this novel as much as I did but I was pleasantly surprised and read it relatively quick. I really enjoyed the overall cadence of this novel, with the authors expert weaving of past and present personal experiences with information and education about varying subjects in the financial sector, so there is truly something for everyone. Highly recommend! *I have reviewed a copy of this book which I received from the publisher through NetGalley. All views and opinions expressed are completely honest, and my own. She survived and awakened to a different reality. An overachiever by nature and upbringing she eventually survived toxic work situations that hid behind the need to gain wealth for company and self. She also survived the kind of toxic personal relationship where the man felt that she should serve him as he felt that he/his work was of greater importance. The writing was a bit pedestrian and rarely cohesive, but her struggles after awakening to her true value is of great importance. I requested and received an EARC from PENGUIN GROUP The Penguin Press/Penguin Press via NetGalley. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
"When we meet Carrie Sun, she can't shake the feeling that she's wasting her life. The daughter of Chinese immigrants, Carrie excelled in school, graduated early from MIT, and climbed up the corporate ladder, all in pursuit of the American dream. But at twenty-nine, she's left her analyst job, dropped out of an MBA program, and is trapped in an unhappy engagement. So when she gets the rare opportunity to work at one of the most prestigious hedge funds in the world, she knows she can't say no. Fourteen interviews later, she's in. Carrie is the sole assistant to the firm's billionaire founder. She manages his work life, becoming the right hand to an investor who can move mountains and markets with a single phone call. Eager to impress, she dives headfirst into the firm's culture, which values return on time above all else. A luxury-laden world opens up for her, and Carrie learns that money can solve nearly everything. Playing the game at the highest levels, amid the ultimate winners in our winner-take-all economy, Carrie soon finds her identity swallowed whole by work. With her physical and mental health deteriorating, she begins to rethink what it actually means to waste one's life. A searing examination of our relationship to work, Carrie's story illuminates the struggle for balance in a world of extremes: efficiency and excess, status and aspiration, power and fortune. Private Equity is a universal tale of self-invention from a dazzling new voice, daring to ask what we're willing to sacrifice to climb to the top--and what it might take to break free and leave it all behind"-- Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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