{"id":1501,"date":"2014-11-11T18:30:43","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T18:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradygerber.com\/post\/humansofnewyork-i-got-a-masters-in-mathematics\/"},"modified":"2018-03-13T22:09:11","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T05:09:11","slug":"humansofnewyork-i-got-a-masters-in-mathematics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradygerber.com\/post\/humansofnewyork-i-got-a-masters-in-mathematics\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1501 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bradygerber.com\/post\/humansofnewyork-i-got-a-masters-in-mathematics\/attachment\/1502\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bradygerber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tumblr_nevut9RBCj1qggwnvo1_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.humansofnewyork.com\/post\/102368713956\/i-got-a-masters-in-mathematics-from-columbia-and\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">humansofnewyork<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cI got a masters in mathematics from Columbia, and for twelve years I worked as an investor. I made good money the whole time. On some days I\u2019d lose, but on most days I\u2019d win, and every year I made good money. But then I got greedy. I thought I\u2019d found a sure thing. There was a pharmaceutical company coming out with a new drug, and I got a tip that it was going to be approved by the FDA. And<\/span><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">\u00a0the sources who were telling me this had always been right before. So I bet everything. I thought: \u2018I\u2019m going to double my money really quick, and then I\u2019m getting out. I\u2019m going to use the money to start my own business.\u2019 I even borrowed money to put into this stock. I was that sure. 99%. And the next day I got a call from my broker: \u2018I don\u2019t know what\u2019s happening,\u2019 he said. \u2018It\u2019s dropping fast.\u2019 And sure enough, later that day they announced that the FDA had rejected the drug. Suddenly I\u2019d lost everything, and I didn\u2019t even own my apartment anymore. I couldn\u2019t get out of bed for months. I stopped eating and dropped to 125 lbs. Then one day my girlfriend tells me, \u2018If you don\u2019t get out of bed, you\u2019re going to die.\u2019 So I got a job as a stock boy at a retail store. Twenty years later, I\u2019m managing ten of those stores. I wish that I\u2019d just become a stock boy in the first place.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>humansofnewyork: \u201cI got a masters in mathematics from Columbia, and for twelve years I worked as an investor. I made good money the whole time. On some days I\u2019d lose, but on most days I\u2019d win, and every year I made good money. But then I got greedy. I thought I\u2019d found a sure thing. 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