Author Archives: Jay Woo

Even now when I’m unemployed and have all the time in the world, I find myself wishing I had more time. More time to see friends I haven’t in a while. More time to pursue chess. Learn that new piano piece. Pick up my laundry list of hobbies in the backlog from dance to rockContinue reading “How to Win at Whack-a-Mole”

One of my favorite topics in both its relevance to my life and ubiquity in the friends is what I like to call the finance hamster wheel. It goes something like this: “I want to get into Harvard/Yale/Princeton so I can work at GS/MS/JPM and exit at a top tier private equity fund so IContinue reading “Hamster Wheel”

“If more information was the answer then we’d all be billionaires with perfect abs” – Derek Sivers What better way to start than to discuss one of my recent favorite quotes by Sivers. As some of you may know, I’ve been on paid leave between jobs for a handful of months. And while to someContinue reading “Information Overload”

It’s okay not to be okay. My (very brief) stint with therapy ended with my therapist giving me a vote of confidence that “I too will figure it out in time”. And then proceeded to laughing that her 20s were also tumultuous and that she is gladly done with those years. My inspiration for thisContinue reading “Blog Introduction”