>> I think for me it's very tangible.
I like the fact that I can see --
I can see exactly what I'm doing working with numbers, and I can see a clear result.
And I can see the value or the fruits of my labor very carefully afterwards.
It's very tangible.
I can see the valuation that I created.
I can see the book that I put together.
I can see the document that I put together.
And I can walk clients through that in a very engaging way and get to a consensus
about valuation and a consensus about what to do about the company.
Before this, I was a consultant.
I worked at McKinsey and Company for a few years right after Pomona.
And that was a very cerebral experience.
And there is a lot of theory that goes into sort of solving business problems
at the consulting level, and I found
that to be a little bit nebulous and a little bit out of touch.
So, for me, banking represented something that was more tangible,
something that was more concrete, something that I could attach myself
to physically and say, Okay; this I get.
This is more something that I can put my hands around and feel comfortable around.