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INTERVIEW WITH A BANKER

August 19, 2025

Name: Barry Patterson

Location: San Francisco, California

Details: Barry owns a successful brokerage in the Financial District

Conducted by Jackson Brown

QUESTIONS

1. What's the most peculiar thing you've done on a Tuesday?

Nothing that comes to mind on any particular Tuesday.


2. Do you believe in a power nap?

Naps are for weekends. I need caffeine on weekdays.


3. How do you feel about socks?

Quality socks are part of professional attire - they go hand in hand with polished shoes. These things matter.


4. Ever had a dance battle with an inanimate object?

Hardly. I attend galas - that sort of thing.


5. What's your strategy for dealing with Mondays?

Mondays are for strategy meetings and crunching numbers.


6. Do you think cheese is a food group?

Something like that, I think. Cheese is for sophisticated boardroom snacks.


7. How often do you reorganize your thoughts?

I reorganize thoughts daily - around deals and clients.


8. What's your favorite way to procrastinate?

Monitor market trends and stay ahead.


9. Ever talked to a plant? What did it say?

Are you serious?


10. Do you have a secret talent for weird things?

Analyzing financial risks, quickly. Nothing weird.


11. How do you define "adventure"?

Adventure for me is a well-planned investment strategy.


12. What's the last thing you googled out of curiosity?

The Bitcoin price - just before you arrived.


13. Do you believe in luck?

Luck is for desperate amateurs - I make my own outcomes.


14. How do you handle things that are "too real"?

I just crunch the numbers and make them manageable.


15. What's your go-to excuse for weird behavior?

I make no excuses!


16. Do you collect anything odd?

Odd? No. Classic cars? Yes.


17. How do you feel about pineapple on pizza?

Unorthodox.


18. What's the most spontaneous thing you've done?

That stays between me and my wife.


19. Do you have a ritual for calming down?

I meditate twice a day.


20. If you could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, what would it be?

Portfolio balancing - I'd win gold.

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