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Damage Control: How to prevent small mistakes from destroying your "rockstar" status
We'd all like to imagine that work will go smoothly 100% of the time. No mistakes, no blow ups with our bosses, no frustrations with the people below us. Just sunshine and rainbows every day. Huzzah! Unfortunately, for most of us mere mortals at least, that isn't how it always works out. So I...
What It's Like To Be A Prop Trader: The Inside Info
An alma mater of mine owned a throaty Mustang back in college, played online poker for a job once, now listens to Skrillex, and enjoys karaoke nights. Not your ideal trader, huh? Fact is, he's dead serious about trading, picking up where I left off, and in just under two years has become quite...
Why Dishonest Traders Make The Most Money
Once again, anthropologist Joris Luyendijk of The Guardian's Banking Blog is back! This time he brings us a brutally honest story from a fast talking, energetic, 30-something who’s worked as a FI and FX trader in Northern Europe. He talks about the spending lifestyle and the male dominated culture...
Mistake - Critical or not?
Hey guys, I am well aware that typos in a resume can make your chances sink. Therefore i would like to ask you whether this mistake is critical or not. I just received an email from the HR of a BB , inviting me to an interview on Wednesday. I replied and thanked for the invitation and proceeded to...
The Mistakes of an Aspiring Analyst
Hello Fellow Monkeys, I’m 25, unemployed and recently graduated from a top-ranked university with a low GPA . I’ve cold e-mailed and cold called as many people as a Chinese phonebook. My daily schedule starts at 5 am to work out (lost 60 pounds) and then to immediately apply and network for...
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Stupid Me
My boss has just done with a very important presentation over the phone and I found a couple of charts did not show up in the PDF he sent to the client (he made final tweaks and created the PDF so it's definitely not my problem). After a round of appreciation about how we have done well on the...
Have you ever had one of "those" weeks?
Have you ever had one of those weeks where literally everything possible went wrong? I mean everything possible went wrong as epically as possible such that the said event will f*ck you over for the next several months if not for the next several years of your life. I'm talking permanent damage. How...
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How to apologize to your boss if you messed up
Was wondering what is the best way to apologize to your boss if you made a mistake? This weekend, I drove to the city of the MD who interviewed/hired me (Chicago, but I will be interning in NYC , so I won't be working for him but simply wanted to catch up/meet for advice).
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