The job looks like a flex online. Big tech, consulting, investment banking, finance — the title, the company, the comp. What nobody posts is what it actually costs to keep up.

Malcolm and Thomas get into the high-pressure expectations baked into these industries — the always-on hours, the pressure to perform, and the quiet mental health toll that comes with it. They talk about the gap between how these jobs look on a LinkedIn highlight reel and how they actually feel day to day, and why "getting in the room" was never the whole story.

⏱️ Timestamps:

00:00 — High-Pressure Corporate Expectations

📊 Key takeaways from this segment:

• High-pressure corporate roles in tech, consulting, and finance carry a real mental health cost

• There's a wide gap between how these jobs are portrayed online and the day-to-day reality

• Ambition and burnout aren't the same thing — even when the job blurs them together

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