JPM Prime Brokerage vs Trading

Does anyone know anyone working in prime brokerage, a part of derivatives, and they lend capital to hedge funds but are slightly different. How does the work environment, tasks and lifestyle compare to trading at other BB's?

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There was a huuge prime brokerage thread a while back where an insider answered questions. I don't have the link but I'm sure you can find it.

 

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I don't accept sacrifices and I don't make them. ... If ever the pleasure of one has to be bought by the pain of the other, there better be no trade at all. A trade by which one gains and the other loses is a fraud.

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