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The guy was an investment banker who had some sort of existential crisis when he realized that he wanted to work for a startup.

Let's get over it.

That's basically it.

A lot of your points sounded more like i-banking culture vs startup culture to me, but those are two very separate worlds.

An opinion piece from someone who's actually worked in the NY startup scene would have been a lot more enlightening.

But best of luck either way.