My twin sister, Allie Fink, is a Vice President at a Manhattan-based investment management firm where she trades corporate debt. Since we overlapped during a recent week at our parents' house, I have watched her work for hours on end, staring at three computer monitors with crazy numbers and intricate charts that I could never understand. Just looking at it made my head spin. After a few days of watching her work diligently, I was intrigued and figured...why not give it a try?
NOTE: I wasn't actually able to do much of her work. We didn't feel it was appropriate for me to listen in on her company's phone calls, so I just sat nearby studying articles about the stock market while she handled everything. We basically treated the day like one giant lesson plan. I even took a quiz at the end (spoiler: I failed).
To backtrack a bit, our jobs couldn’t be more different. To begin with, her morning routine starts WAY earlier than my typical morning routine...at 6:45AM! We did our skincare routines together, got into our working-from-home outfits (leggings and comfy DIY tie-dye sweatshirts), and left her bedroom for our morning commute down the stairs to the kitchen.
We filled up our water bottles and left the kitchen WITHOUT our morning coffee…how was I supposed to function without an immediate dose of caffeine?! The first lesson of the day was learned: Allie likes to get to her desk as quickly as possible to clock-in. Since I normally work from home, and for myself, I never feel that rush to log into work so quickly after waking up! Even when I worked at Refinery29, I didn't wake up that early.
When you look at Allie’s working-from-home set-up, it's easy to get a bit overwhelmed. There's the laptop computer, the Bloomberg keyboard and two ginormous monitors. At her actual office, she works with SIX (6) monitors at her desk - can you imagine????? Throughout the day, Allie walked me through what she actually does as a corporate debt trader. She also shared some insights about how she was making her way up the corporate ladder as a female in a highly male-dominate industry.
By the end of the day, she had traded millions of dollars of loans…and to be frank, it wasn’t all that exciting. BUT, what made the entire experience worthwhile was getting a front-row seat and being able to watch my twin sister crush it at work.
I believe that new experiences are what make us better, more evolved & educated humans…and this experience did just that. Under normal circumstances, I couldn’t just waltz into her office with my camera equipment and film this video, but, because of this unique working-from-home time period, I was able to truly experience a day in the life of my twin sister!
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15 окт 2024
