Life in the sell side business is pretty tough.  I wonder if my torrid pace of work is sustainable...  rushing power point slides for pitches, preparing info memos for investors... practically working every night! But all these are actually quite do-able.  Just a matter of less sleep, more efficiency and hours.

The toughest bit is not doing all these "execution" type work, but bringing in the deals!  My boss now hopes i can bring in $200k in new sales!  And so far, I've brought in... none :(  Am I really cut out for this?

On the down side, I'm surrounded by colleagues who are coughing.. and I mean BADLY!  Its like Dolby surround sound 5.1!   I even shifted one seat away to be diagonal to the person right opposite me who's spewing bugs.   Worse, the guys behind like to lean on the cabinet and discuss work and then cough in my direction!  It looks like the inevitable will set in soon! NOOoooooooo...