1.0 link 230741 <![CDATA[From Lehman to Landscaping: A Laid-Off Banker, One Year Later]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pg-sittenfeld/from-lehman-to-landscapin_b_230741.html The following "as told to" profile was shared with the author on conditions of anonymity so as to protect future job prospects of the person whose story appears below.

I was seduced, and then I was dumped.

So goes the tale of my short-lived stint as an investment banker. It ended almost exactly a year ago, when I became one of the earliest lay-offs in our ongoing recession.

I was seduced by the prestige. Like most graduating seniors who decide to...

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