"I do not want to be known as the 'Sign Board Guy,'" Joshua Persky, 51, says.
But after making headlines across the globe in 2008, it's hard to shed the image that became synonymous with a financial meltdown and ensuing recession.
Persky was an investment banker who found himself laid off in early 2008, though he expected he'd easily snag a new job with Bear Stearns. But then, in May, the investment house collapsed, taking most of Wall Street with it.http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Joshua-Persky-a-symbol-of-the-cnnm-931821142.html?x=0#mwpphu-container:nopity:
Though I can understand why a former bankster might have trouble finding a job. He can only look for work on the dusk-to-dawn shift, then he has to be back in his coffin.