Financial institutions; FFS, grow a pair

[shaunbhoy]

thing is ive been dangerously bored all week, this is the first bit of interest I've had all day - comes with being too good as none of my code is defective and I dont have anything to do

You want to watch out for headhunters then!!

[2BIT]

You want to watch out for headhunters then!!

just had my old PM call me asking for my permission for the old client to call me direct...he even upped my rate by a 1/3..... BOOOM!

[Mich the Tester]

just had my old PM call me asking for my permission for the old client to call me direct...he even upped my rate by a 1/3..... BOOOM!

that's a result

[2BIT]

that's a result

still cant quite believe it, project is 20 mins up the road, its my system so I can control it but the fact he added 30% onto what he paid for me was just a master stroke - the guy is a mate but yeah am absolutely made up - just hope it comes through

[shaunbhoy]

still cant quite believe it, project is 20 mins up the road, its my system so I can control it but the fact he added 30% onto what he paid for me was just a master stroke - the guy is a mate but yeah am absolutely made up - just hope it comes through

Just don't go blowing the raise on an eco-shed will ya?

[2BIT]

Just don't go blowing the raise on an eco-shed will ya?

god to have a garden! luxury, luxury I tell thee...

[Mich the Tester]

god to have a garden! luxury, luxury I tell thee...

pain in the arse more like. I bloody hate weeding.

[sasguru]

pain in the arse more like. I bloody hate weeding.

That's what gardeners are for.

[Mich the Tester]

That's what gardeners are for.

Yes, so Mr Financial Guru, stop your chums bankrupting the world and I'll be able to rehire him. He's probably getting quite thin now.

[suityou01]

As someone in the finance industry who deals with risk for a living I have this to say:
As an itinerant IT tester don't presume to have an opinion about things you don't understand.
You don't have a "real" job, you just test software: that looks as ephemeral as any finance job from where I'm sitting.
Now back in you box and where's that bottle of Petrus?

Insolent Peasant.

Twice in one week I have agreed with Sas.

"Risk" is a mathematical concept, not some bedwetting term. Read up on probability theory and do some light reading on actuarial maths over the weekend.