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The Way of the Wall Street Warrior

Conquer the Corporate Game Using Tips, Tricks, and Smartcuts

A humorous and irreverent guide to conquering the corporate game from a Wall Street veteran who went from the proverbial janitor suite to Managing Director at one of the top investment banks in the world. Using tips, tricks, and smartcuts from Dave, learn how to build your career for success.

The book sold almost 10,000 copies in the first two weeks of launch and reached the Top 10 Amazon Best Seller list in the business finance category. It ranked as Amazon’s Top #1 Hot New Release in two categories: business finance and economics. It was awarded one of the Best Books of 2021 by Bloomberg and the Porchlight Book Company Business Best Seller in November 2021.

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About The Way of the Wall Street Warrior

The Way of the Wall Street Warrior is a humorous and irreverent guide to building your career. Through tips, tricks, and smartcuts, Dave explains how anyone can conquer the corporate game.

Whether you’re just getting started in your non-existent career or contemplating a switch from your current job, the smartest thing you can do is buy this book.

As the title suggests, The Way of the Wall Street Warrior will show you how to use smartcuts, stratagems, and science to get hired, get ahead, survive, and excel, on Wall Street, Main Street, or on any other street where you’re mining for gold. It comes from Dave’s experience as a 25-year investment banking veteran who did the unthinkable. He, an Asian American born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate, rose up in the white, male-dominated world of high finance, becoming a Managing Director before age 33.

He then left his high-profile, high paying job in his early 40s, on his own terms, while on top. Walking away from a lucrative job at a prestige firm was like resigning from the Mafia, but he did it anyway to save his life, his family, and his sanity.

While his lessons were learned on Wall Street, they’re applicable to anyone, anywhere working in any competitive corporate environment. If you can make it in the Machiavellian world of banking, you can make it anywhere. Wall Street is a jungle; the toughest jungle there is. Dave had a highly successful career because he learned how to game the system, and this book will teach you some of his tricks and avoid making the same mistakes as your peers.

About the Author

Dave Liu is a seasoned executive, advisor, entrepreneur, and investor. He worked on Wall Street for almost 25 years where he progressed from Analyst to Managing Director, co-running an industry sector group.

Book Testimonials

One of the funniest insider books I’ve read about Wall Street since Liar’s Poker! Dave’s brilliant and transparent guide to survive and thrive is a must-read for anyone trying to break into finance or any high powered industry.

The Way of the Wall Street Warrior is a great and fun read for anyone interested in getting insight into how intensely competitive fields like investment banking and management consulting really work. Dave takes you through the entire lifecycle of getting a job, to climbing the corporate ladder, to figuring out what comes after. The book is filled with unorthodox ways of thinking, actionable tactics, and other examples from really successful people. I highly recommend it to anyone seeking an advantage in achieving their career goals.

Authentic, Unfiltered, Funny! Dave has lived for decades and been wildly successful in the world of Wall Street. This is the unvarnished inside scoop about how to make your way in an unfamiliar world. What I wish I knew 20 years ago!

Dave's book is a great read for anyone looking to get a leg up on their career. He gives practical advice you can only learn from the school of hard knocks in a funny and anecdotal way. Whether you're starting your career, rising up the ladder, or trying to reach the top, Dave will give you invaluable pointers that I'm sure will put you over the top.

A must-read for anyone starting their career in Corporate America. Written with wit and humor, Dave's book shares valuable insights and lessons that would take a lifetime to learn otherwise. I highly recommend anyone interested in advancing their career read this book.

Dave learned how to win in investment banking the hard way. Now he is able to share tools that make it easier for budding bankers and other professionals to succeed. He does it in a very imaginative, colorful, and humorous way.

I've had the pleasure of knowing Dave from when he started his career in investment banking as a young, superstar first-year analyst. His book is a terrific read, full of smart insights, and practical, actionable advice. Delivered in Dave’s classic style, The Way of the Wall Street Warrior is witty, entertaining, and rich with content and good ideas.

Both culturally and socio-economically, Dave's background provides a unique and compelling narrative for this book. His personality and humor help in taking a complex subject and turns it into an entertaining read!

Dave provides an entertaining take on a serious topic, what really happens when you finally ‘make it’ and get that first job on Wall Street. He opens your eyes to the way the finance world actually works, with a funny but realistic portrayal, not what you get in Hollywood movies or even in the fanciful presentations on college campuses. For all of you whose family didn’t come to America on the Mayflower, and go on to found a global investment bank, you owe it to yourself to read this book.

The Way of the Wall Street Warrior is a must read for anybody that wants to know what is required to advance their career from landing that dream job to making sure you get promoted and paid justly. Dave does it in a very memorable and humorous way that will have you chuckling from cover to cover.

As someone who has worked on Wall Street for my entire career, I can definitively say that The Way of the Wall Street Warrior has some of the best tips for getting ahead. The humor and stories make for a fantastic read and I strongly encourage anyone at the start or mid-career to read this book and refer to it frequently as they try to climb the corporate ladder. You won't regret it!

Charitable Pledge

All of Dave’s net proceeds from The Way of the Wall Street Warrior are pledged to charities that help children born with clefts, Asian Americans, and other disadvantaged groups. Below are testimonials from some of the recipients organizations:

Bonus Content

If you actually read my book cover to cover (or at least read the first and last chapter) you may recall that in the Introduction: Game On and the Conclusion, I mentioned that if you registered on my website you’d get a handy cheat sheet of all the tips, tricks, and science covered in my book. The good news is you’ve come to the right place. In the following link you can get my Career Codex.

Now you’ll never have to read my book again and simply pin my Career Codex to your wall. I’m sure it will bring back fond memories from when you read my book for the first time. Enjoy!

In Chapter 3: Be the Holy Trinity of Deals, I discuss some of the ways to differentiate yourself from all the other candidates. I encourage you to be creative. Maybe there’s something in your limited resume that can be reinforced in your cover letter. Underscore how you worked hard to get good grades in STEM while at the same time writing about Ponzi schemes for Wharton Magazine. Highlight something creative, even if it’s a bit off-the-wall, like creating a PowerPoint presentation where you are the opportunity of a lifetime.

To get your juices flowing, I prepared a sample pitch that highlights a mock candidate, “Mister Perfect,” in the form of a hot IPO. Any resemblance to me is purely coincidental. Feel free to check it out and steal it if you wish.