"I decided to become an investment banker after watching the movie "Wall Street." It was the early 2000s, before working in Big Tech was sexy, and I thought a job onWall Street was the epitome of success for a college graduate. After graduating from UC Berkeley in 2001, I landed my dream job at JPMorgan in New York City in 2002, but I found it to be massively unfulfilling."
"That's when I realized there was more to life than money - or at least more ways to make it than the rinse-and-repeat routine of investment banking. Then I found startups. I gave up my comfortable salary to cofound Hims, and later launched Dutch, a telehealth platform that connects pet owners with licensed veterinarians. As someone from an immigrant background, I'm used to making something from nothing."
Joe Spector emigrated from the Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan) to California in 1990 at age ten. He graduated from UC Berkeley in 2001 after working hard and finishing a year early. He took a job at JPMorgan in New York in 2002 but found investment banking unfulfilling. He transitioned to startups, cofounding Hims and later founding Dutch, a veterinary telehealth company launched after he left Hims in 2021. He gave up a comfortable salary to pursue startups and applied an immigrant ethic of making something from nothing. He learned to be honest with himself, accept feedback, and evaluate risks before taking them.
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