Investment bank intern dies after pulling three all nighters in a row

Started by Syt, August 20, 2013, 11:11:10 PM

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CountDeMoney

Quote from: derspiess on August 21, 2013, 04:32:23 PM
I don't do well going with zero sleep. 

Yeah, that shit came to a halt roughly around the age of 29.  :lol:

dps

Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 21, 2013, 04:34:49 PM
Quote from: derspiess on August 21, 2013, 04:32:23 PM
I don't do well going with zero sleep. 

Yeah, that shit came to a halt roughly around the age of 29.  :lol:

I don't know, I was still able to pull an all-nighter last time I went to Origins in 2006 (I was 44 at the time).  Don't think I could do it now, though.

Jacob

Quote from: OttoVonBismarck on August 21, 2013, 01:42:48 PM
I'm going to suspect something more than we're hearing about. Staying up for a few nights by itself shouldn't be enough to kill a healthy young adult. Maybe he was taking a lot of stimulants (and not of the caffeine variety) to stay up and that lead to a problem, or maybe he had a preexisting heart condition or he has an blood glucose problem or etc and during his marathon all nighters he didn't eat enough or something.

From what I read, he had some kind of epilepsy or something along those lines. It's a while ago since I read it (so no link), but according to the article it was not medically unexpected for the lack of sleep and stress to trigger some sort of attack/episode, and death was within the range of possible (if unlikely) outcomes.

... something like that. In any case, a rational explanation was offered beyond "OMG OVERWORK!!!!"

CountDeMoney

Quote from: Jacob on August 21, 2013, 05:58:25 PM
In any case, a rational explanation was offered beyond "OMG OVERWORK!!!!"

Didn't affect the stock price anyway.

Bank of America Corp
NYSE: BAC - Aug 21 6:53pm ET
14.34+0.05‎ (0.35%‎)

Dead interns do not affect shareholder value.  Too disposable and easily replaceable.

MadImmortalMan

Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 21, 2013, 06:13:26 PM
Quote from: Jacob on August 21, 2013, 05:58:25 PM
In any case, a rational explanation was offered beyond "OMG OVERWORK!!!!"

Didn't affect the stock price anyway.

Bank of America Corp
NYSE: BAC - Aug 21 6:53pm ET
14.34+0.05‎ (0.35%‎)

Dead interns do not affect shareholder value.  Too disposable and easily replaceable.

Saved a salary to go toward next quarter's earnings. If you decide to go shoot up the offices of your former employer, please post it first so we can buy shares.  :)
"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

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CountDeMoney

Quote from: MadImmortalMan on August 21, 2013, 06:33:12 PM
Saved a salary to go toward next quarter's earnings. If you decide to go shoot up the offices of your former employer, please post it first so we can buy shares.  :)

I wonder how many last-minute intern applications at BAML spiked today.  :lol:

alfred russel

Quote from: The Larch on August 21, 2013, 01:58:42 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on August 21, 2013, 11:02:00 AM
Quote from: The Larch on August 21, 2013, 09:22:30 AM
Once when he was particulary busy he was still working at 22h,

:ph34r:

You're the kind of people who has a sleeping bag in some back room in the office, right?  :P

No, but there is a hotel across the street from the office that has been used to save a trip home and back.  :blush:

I'm not a workaholic, I try not to work late or weekends, and usually don't--it is just that if something is going on and it has a tight deadline, all bets are off. And that happens once in a while. I actually don't mind it--every once in a while going all out at work can be fun (I've tried telling this to people and they either think I'm crazy or want to smack me).
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

There's a fine line between salvation and drinking poison in the jungle.

I'm embarrassed. I've been making the mistake of associating with you. It won't happen again. :)
-garbon, February 23, 2014

Jacob

Going all out to reach a goal can be fun, for sure.

It's less fun if the goal seems like bullshit, if you're not being rewarded for the effort or achieving the goal, and/or if you're giving up important things to do so (family events, sex, whatever).

CountDeMoney


alfred russel

Quote from: Jacob on August 21, 2013, 06:50:50 PM
Going all out to reach a goal can be fun, for sure.

It's less fun if the goal seems like bullshit, if you're not being rewarded for the effort or achieving the goal, and/or if you're giving up important things to do so (family events, sex, whatever).

I agree.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

There's a fine line between salvation and drinking poison in the jungle.

I'm embarrassed. I've been making the mistake of associating with you. It won't happen again. :)
-garbon, February 23, 2014

merithyn

Quote from: alfred russel on August 21, 2013, 06:45:36 PM
No, but there is a hotel across the street from the office that has been used to save a trip home and back.  :blush:

I'm not a workaholic, I try not to work late or weekends, and usually don't--it is just that if something is going on and it has a tight deadline, all bets are off. And that happens once in a while. I actually don't mind it--every once in a while going all out at work can be fun (I've tried telling this to people and they either think I'm crazy or want to smack me).

What do you do for a living?
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...

alfred russel

Quote from: merithyn on August 21, 2013, 07:40:30 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on August 21, 2013, 06:45:36 PM
No, but there is a hotel across the street from the office that has been used to save a trip home and back.  :blush:

I'm not a workaholic, I try not to work late or weekends, and usually don't--it is just that if something is going on and it has a tight deadline, all bets are off. And that happens once in a while. I actually don't mind it--every once in a while going all out at work can be fun (I've tried telling this to people and they either think I'm crazy or want to smack me).

What do you do for a living?

Corporate finance.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

There's a fine line between salvation and drinking poison in the jungle.

I'm embarrassed. I've been making the mistake of associating with you. It won't happen again. :)
-garbon, February 23, 2014

HVC

Quote from: alfred russel on August 21, 2013, 07:46:59 PM
Quote from: merithyn on August 21, 2013, 07:40:30 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on August 21, 2013, 06:45:36 PM
No, but there is a hotel across the street from the office that has been used to save a trip home and back.  :blush:

I'm not a workaholic, I try not to work late or weekends, and usually don't--it is just that if something is going on and it has a tight deadline, all bets are off. And that happens once in a while. I actually don't mind it--every once in a while going all out at work can be fun (I've tried telling this to people and they either think I'm crazy or want to smack me).

What do you do for a living?

Corporate finance.
need a Canadian intern? I'm already an insomniac :P
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

Razgovory

Quote from: merithyn on August 21, 2013, 07:40:30 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on August 21, 2013, 06:45:36 PM
No, but there is a hotel across the street from the office that has been used to save a trip home and back.  :blush:

I'm not a workaholic, I try not to work late or weekends, and usually don't--it is just that if something is going on and it has a tight deadline, all bets are off. And that happens once in a while. I actually don't mind it--every once in a while going all out at work can be fun (I've tried telling this to people and they either think I'm crazy or want to smack me).

What do you do for a living?

I think he's an arms dealer.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

merithyn

Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...