Originally Posted by Hermit

He may sound like an asshole to you but he is indeed feeling down about his situation. There are lots of people like that in the banking / financial industry. They are not the smartest, but in their heydays managed to earn lots of money. But in this line one's shelf life is pretty short before the management realised one can be replaced with someone half the pay. At least he managed to invest in properties. Many others squandered their earnings away like there is no tomorrow.