When summer is there, it means there is some more time to read again. I feel less like watching a series, and more like sitting in a random place and taking a book out and leaving my thoughts to disappear in the whole story.
Admitting, I do very much enjoy just fiction stories. A person with a problem, a situation who ends up in stories. Not very much literature or trying to be fancy about it. I need to loose myself in the story for a bit to have enough to for the story to let the mind drift off.
Now I have been following the account of the Havermelkelite (literal translation: Oatmilk elite) for a while and this is just often hilarious.
The oatmilk elite are the 'trying to be successful' yups in the big cities. Drinking matcha, doing the trends, spending more on their trendy life which doesn't leave a lot of room for other commitment. And it is all about what you want the world to see, tweaking the perception.
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I find this my guilty pleasure to see and read and when a suggestion was made about this book called The Bermuda Triangle of Talent written by Simon van Teutem, I knew this would be a gem to dig in to.
No fiction but real stories
See this isn't any fiction but real stories coming from a smart dude who writes about how talented young professionals who often were the top of their classes and have good ambitions to change the world, how they often end up in totally meaningless jobs in the holy triangle of consumerism named banking, consultancy and commercial law.
The first thought I had about thinking about this whole sector was the setting that I saw when watching the series called Industry which I wrote a bit about here. If you haven't seen this as yet, this is pure entertainment which is more than disturbing that these people make the world go round.
So the book is about Simon himself heading into summer 'stages' and how these industries keep you sucked in with promises which will nearly always make you stay, work harder and eventually want more.
The scenery are always the youngsters who are willing to work hard to achieve something and are willing to make some years of investment for themselves because it is good 'for their resume' or because eventually 'it will help them gain skills than they 'can use in their future careers'.
Well, no big boy company like Morgan Stanley or McKinsey has the idea of that you eventually will use your skills somewhere else. They will use it to make more money for their clients but in the mean time give you the feeling that you are an essential asset for the company and make you make more than 80+ hour weeks.
Entertainment
Honestly, this book was extremely entertaining to read because it is such a world that I have no idea of that it exists, that it is sweet to get a little peek in there.
It is also one of the disturbing reasons why the world doesn't change and we are all a part of it in some way or the other.
Go for it I would say!