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Ok. So who's actually worked in investment banking?

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    #1

    Ok. So who's actually worked in investment banking?

    I don' mean plugging things in, in the network rack in some basement in EC1, but actually on a trading floor.

    To declare my hand, I have worked for several IBs but in IT, not as a trader.

    There seem to be an awful lot of 'armchair generals' hereabouts.

    [edit for the hard-of-thinking]
    I mean as in doing actual trades, not IT monkeying.
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    I have no idea what any of this long/short crap means
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    I am an expert trader in bonds and futures
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    I am George Soros
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    I was AndyW's broker
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    Last edited by bogeyman; 19 September 2008, 12:47.

    You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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    Most of my career been in banks. Worked on trading floor next to traders, and married to an ex IB who now recruits into it.

    Had a few drunken conversations where it's been explained to me, but when it starts getting technical and they're using the greek alphabet and such I start to get lost.
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        I have been in IB only since 1st Jan 1987.

        About 8 years on trading floor.

        I have worked in quant roles as well.

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          Can I use the Fifth Amendment / use my right to remain silent?
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            Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View Post
            Can I use the Fifth Amendment / use my right to remain silent?
            No! Tell us or you will be put in a cell with Mr Big!

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              Originally posted by AtW View Post
              We can always rely on you for an informative response.

              You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.

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                Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
                No! Tell us or you will be put in a cell with Mr Big!


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                  I'm a back office monkey and very happy thankyou very much.

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                    Are there still IBs?
                    I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.

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