Reply to: Anyone Done A Stint At BarCap

[Drewster]

.......something entirely unconnected to UFO, GAL or anyother inexplicable events.....

No they haven't....... D'Oh!!

[BA to the Stars]

It's a service station on the M6. There was a UFO sighting there once but, strangely, all records relating thereto have now disappeared from the web

That was just me arriving for my stint there

[Ruprect]

I think you may have misheard.

[doodab]

Just got offered a contract role working as a quant

I think you may have misheard.

[swamp]

Has the forum become a grammar school then? Behave. You know what he meant.

He can't write a line of English. What hope of writing a line of code?

Or will the compiler "know what he meant"?

[GreenerGrass]

Poole and Knutsford are the main nerve centres for Barclay's investment banking operations now, the multiple offices at Canary Wharf are just a cunning diversionary tactic to foil a possible Al Quaeda attack. They have even kitted out the Knutsford Travel Tavern with gold taps for when Bob Diamond visits.

If you've landed a job as a quant developer in Canary Wharf it means you are viewed as cannon fodder, a moron even.

[NickFitz]

...Knutsford?? I ve never heard of that place.

It's a service station on the M6. There was a UFO sighting there once but, strangely, all records relating thereto have now disappeared from the web

There's a video of the motorway though

[joey122]

Barcrap!? Worked for them at Knutsford.

Bastards arent backward at introducing rate cuts. Told them to **** off when they pulled that one on me and I wont consider a role with them ever again.

Do they do IB in Knutsford?? I ve never heard of that place.

Or is that retail??

[HairyArsedBloke]

I have 'issues' with them. Best I don't go into it.

What I can say is, when one of there people contacted me about subscription details to HAB Inc I told them I didn't want them as a customer. The tried the "don't you know who we are" routine and I told them, "Yeah, I know exactly who you are. Now, F... ..F and don't contact me again", and I hung up.

Petty I know, but the memory still feels good.

[Clippy]

Just got offered a contract role working as a quant developer in market risk. Pay is ok (I suspect agency is taking a huge chunk but thats a different story)

Its in Canary Wharf

Whats life like at BarCap?

Course you have joey.

[BolshieBastard]

It is or It's

Hope you're better at quant development than spelling.

Oh, and



What's

Has the forum become a grammar school then? Behave. You know what he meant.

[BolshieBastard]

Barcrap!? Worked for them at Knutsford.

Bastards arent backward at introducing rate cuts. Told them to **** off when they pulled that one on me and I wont consider a role with them ever again.

[swamp]

Its in Canary Wharf

It is or It's

Hope you're better at quant development than spelling.

Oh, and



What's

[oracleslave]

Nutsford: Very busy, people stressed and vary between very nice to idiots.

I was wondering how on earth anyone could ever employ joey but that goes some way to explaining it.

[s2budd]

I have only worked at BarCap in Poole and Knutsford.
Poole: Very busy, people very nice.
Knutsford: Very busy, people stressed and vary between very nice to idiots.

I suspect that it will be very busy with not enough money or time put into the project and the people will be stressed and or idiots.

Good luck though.