As some of you know, I've been doing some private equity deals on the side, while attending Claremont McKenna College. Today, I landed on a position at Ridgestone Corporation (www.RidgestoneCorp.com), a private equity firm in Westwood!!! I'm super excited, as it is a very rare opportunity for someone straight out of undergraduate. I start on May 23rd! If you work in the Westwood area, let's do lunch or dinner time to time!
Patrick, congradulations, I hope everything works out for the best for you. Unfortunately I don't live near LA any longer. If your in the OC let me know about meeting up for lunch. On your way to an F-CAR.
Hey PShim, Best of luck in your new "additional" gig. We're having a hard time keeping up with all your endeavors. Who is "we"? Your friends!! Go for it! Cheers, Hank
If your "Friend" is your (now) bosses daughter and all that BS was to land this job.... Then your stock just went through the roof!!!!!! Good luck!
Yay! It's Friday... End of the first week at work. I've been worknig 14+ hours a day since the first day (this past Mon.), and so glad that it's 3-day weekend so that I can catch up on sleep. Althought I'm doing long hours, I really am enjoying every single minute of it. It's a really great group of nice people so I'm having a great time. I've been getting up around 4:30am, and get to work by 6am... then work 14 hours, and leave around 8pm. The investment banker guys down stairs (Merrill Lynch) do longer hours than that so I'm alright - I'M YOUNG! (heheh.... and yeah, lots of Red Bull, Starbucks and vitamins) The commute isn't that bad. I'm not moving into my new condo in Santa Monica until December, so I'll be commuting from Claremont every day 'til Dec. Since I leave home and leave work, before and after traffic hours, it's only 45 mins drive each way, which I really enjoy (I love driving and find the drive quite therapuetic and relaxing). Also they gave me a recently remodeled office on 20th floor looking west, so on clear day (it's been foggy lately), I can see all the way out to Santa Monica. New office, new furniture, etc. Can't complain. They will be decorating my office (and our new suite) with paintings from the founder's wife's art collection. Really excited about that. If you guys are in Westwood/Beverly Hills/Century City area, let's do lunch or dinner sometime!
http://www.patrickshim.com/pictures/pshim_personal/rsoffice.jpg Will be decorated this weekend with some paintings and a bunch of new furnitures came in, too (couch, etc.) So excited!
Congrats Pat! Glad you enjoy your job, Welcome to the "12+ Hours at the Office Club" Nice office, your office looks cleaner than mine LOL... Take it easy...
Congratulations!! I'm not in this section of FChat much, but that is great news to hear. 14+ hours, you'll have an Fcar in no time.
