Tiger Woman on Wall Street: Winning Business Strategies from Shanghai to New York and Back

CHAPTER 7Wall Street 101

New York, 2000

I REALIZED MY DREAM OF WORKING ON WALL STREET IMMEDIately after graduating from college, when I was recruited by the investment bank Credit Suisse First Boston. I moved to New York City to start my job as an analyst.

My first apartment in the city was in Murray Hill on Thirtieth Street between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue, 10 blocks from my office. I chose the apartment’s location strategically because I knew how much time I would be spending at work.

I walked into my first day of work on lower Madison Avenue in June 2000. The building was impressive, with a cafeteria, a full-service print shop for the copious marketing materials the bank produced, a fitness center, a spa, and hair and nail salons. ...