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A review by shosh
Young Money: Inside the Hidden World of Wall Street's Post-Crash Recruits by Kevin Roose
2.0
This is an easy read and definitely has some interesting bits, such as how Wall Street's recruitment focus shifted from two-year stints for Ivy School elites to a longer-term view of keeping it's young recruits. But if you have already read Michael Lewis' books, I don't think any of the Wall Street insider stuff will surprise you, and Roose's post-crisis view isn't all that insightful.
If you are looking for a hard examination of how finance and the Wall Street environment changed, or didn't, after the Great Recession, you won't find that. Roose tried but it was mostly superficial, like smaller but still substantial bonuses. Insight from the subjects -- who admittedly are pretty young! -- is mostly limited to fears that their jobs aren't fulfilling. I didn't work on Wall Street but felt that way through most of my young 20's too, so...
If you are looking for a hard examination of how finance and the Wall Street environment changed, or didn't, after the Great Recession, you won't find that. Roose tried but it was mostly superficial, like smaller but still substantial bonuses. Insight from the subjects -- who admittedly are pretty young! -- is mostly limited to fears that their jobs aren't fulfilling. I didn't work on Wall Street but felt that way through most of my young 20's too, so...