cheese86:
I'm talking about finance related graphics, charts, etc.

Wow, could you be more boring? Decorating your cubicle with finance related things at a finance job, working for a financial services company. Why don't you put up a picture of something that interests you and please tell me something interests you outside of markets.

 
juniormistmaker:
cheese86:
I'm talking about finance related graphics, charts, etc.

Wow, could you be more boring? Decorating your cubicle with finance related things at a finance job, working for a financial services company. Why don't you put up a picture of something that interests you and please tell me something interests you outside of markets.

Thanks for your insights jackass...did it ever occur to you that I didn't ask for advice on this because I don't need suggestions on my own interests?

I bet your dorm is decorated really well though.

 
cheese86:
juniormistmaker:
cheese86:
I'm talking about finance related graphics, charts, etc.

Wow, could you be more boring? Decorating your cubicle with finance related things at a finance job, working for a financial services company. Why don't you put up a picture of something that interests you and please tell me something interests you outside of markets.

Thanks for your insights jackass...did it ever occur to you that I didn't ask for advice on this because I don't need suggestions on my own interests?

I bet your dorm is decorated really well though.

hahaha

My desk is tombstones and a bit of reference material pinned up chief. It's a stupid question to ask as only you would know the finance material that is most relevant to you.

 

Dude I have a bronze statue of Eddy Murray, a stuffed Kangaroo, a bottle of hot sauce, a clock thing I got for some project and a picture of an anteater. Don't be lame with your finance nonsense.

Oh and a baseball I play with when I'm thinking about something.

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses - Henry Ford
 
happypantsmcgee:
Oh and a baseball I play with when I'm thinking about something.

Harvey? Harvey Specter? is that you?

For me: ties and big books, nothing else.

"After you work on Wall Street it’s a choice, would you rather work at McDonalds or on the sell-side? I would choose McDonalds over the sell-side.” - David Tepper
 

a lot great ideas, folks! For me, I would only put the same stuff I put in my bedroom -- my own oversized photos. magazine cover quality like.

--Money can't buy happiness. it can only buy orgasms. --Who the hell says I want happiness? Orgasms all I need.
 

I'm pretty boring: -Lucites / deal toys -Random toys/goodies that my bank and others (Bloomberg, FactSet, etc) have given me -My bank's color palette with RGB codes (this is actually very useful) -Reference sheet with commonly used phone numbers, project codes etc -I work in NRG, so a lot of printouts/maps of the various geographic basins, plays etc. for reference -A couple good cartoons

 
Valk:
I'm pretty boring: -Lucites / deal toys -Random toys/goodies that my bank and others (Bloomberg, FactSet, etc) have given me -My bank's color palette with RGB codes (this is actually very useful) -Reference sheet with commonly used phone numbers, project codes etc -I work in NRG, so a lot of printouts/maps of the various geographic basins, plays etc. for reference -A couple good cartoons
Like that factset stress ball? Fuck, Im addicted to that thing.
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A huge stack of very technical books, most of which I've never read, and a Rubik's cube. People think you're really smart when you have that stuff there. You need to be able to solve the cube though, because people ask if you can solve it...and usually, they want you to prove it. That impresses most people waaaaaay more than it should.

Also, pictures of the wife and kids.

 
Cicero:
List of excel shortcuts when I forget how to insert a new row

you're joking right? you forgot how to insert a row?

"After you work on Wall Street it’s a choice, would you rather work at McDonalds or on the sell-side? I would choose McDonalds over the sell-side.” - David Tepper
 
Soapy.Detergent:
Oreos:
Cicero:
List of excel shortcuts when I forget how to insert a new row

you're joking right? you forgot how to insert a row?

That's like asking someone with a picture of their wife and kids on their desk if they forgot how their wife and kids looked like.

That's a terrible analogy.

"After you work on Wall Street it’s a choice, would you rather work at McDonalds or on the sell-side? I would choose McDonalds over the sell-side.” - David Tepper
 
Oreos:
Soapy.Detergent:
Oreos:
Cicero:
List of excel shortcuts when I forget how to insert a new row

you're joking right? you forgot how to insert a row?

That's like asking someone with a picture of their wife and kids on their desk if they forgot how their wife and kids looked like.

That's a terrible analogy.

Not if you love Microsoft Excel like your own child or significant other.

 
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Soapy.Detergent:
Oreos:
Soapy.Detergent:
Oreos:
Cicero:
List of excel shortcuts when I forget how to insert a new row

you're joking right? you forgot how to insert a row?

That's like asking someone with a picture of their wife and kids on their desk if they forgot how their wife and kids looked like.

That's a terrible analogy.

Not if you love Microsoft Excel like your own child or significant other.

Still doesn't work. You have pictures of family to remind you of them and the joy they bring at times when you can't be with them. You're at your desk, you definitely have access to excel; if you love it, go make some nested ifs together. you don't have alt i r up to remind you how much you love it when you can't be with it, you have it there because your ability to remember a simple sequence is woeful. Moreover, banker style joking aside, to liken family to excel is rather tragic.

"After you work on Wall Street it’s a choice, would you rather work at McDonalds or on the sell-side? I would choose McDonalds over the sell-side.” - David Tepper
 

Put up a playboy centerfold and a trucker hat with the words "booty hunter" on it.

In all seriousness, the answer to your question is the same as in any other white collar job. It all depends on your company's culture. Don't decorate your cubicle the first day. Just observe what everyone else has and do likewise.

 
mrb87:

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Shit man why all the hate? (-2 when I quoted this)

This one's a golden.

I'm SB-ing you right now.

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mrb87:

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Shit man why all the hate? (-2 when I quoted this)

This one's a golden.

I'm SB-ing you right now.

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