important indication, not only of your character and motivations in seeking employment with him, but also an indication of maybe what he saw in you or what he was looking for in someone to mentor, which was someone that was passionate about the work and not necessarily motivated by making money, which is a common motivation in finance. At twenty-five, fresh out of school, trying to start a family, you obviously worry about money, but quite honestly, I had struggled trying to find a good job coming out of college. When I finished college in 82, the US was in a recession. And I didn't really know anybody in Boston and New York and thought that was the route to go if you wanted to get into the financial service sector. So I went straight to business school to a school that would take you without any full-time work experience. And so I was just happy when I got the job that I was going to actually learn that, obviously, Sir John had such a great reputation. And to me, if anybody worked for (12/57)
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