Stockjunkie
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A lot of people want to enter the financial world , and the image that you get from the outside trying to get in is that it is nigh impossoble to get a foot in.
As someone who has been a proprietary broker , and an employed market player , I say that this is true BUT only to outsiders !
So after you've been to the careers centres and the presentations and all the gloosy hype , what are you left with apart from the usual " get a 1st class degree from a top uni " blab ?
Let me tell you that this isn't even true , I know a number of people in senior positions like head of trading , CEO who don't even have a degree! never mind a top university.
How ??? you may clammer : simple like I say trick and sneaks , not only what you know but how you know , who , when and where .
One chap told me that he had a friend who was in the business , he was desperate to join the game BUT get this he was too apprehensive fo approaching this guy. this is the sort of atmosphere purposely cultivated to creat barriers upon barriers . imagine you can't even approach a friend .
people now reduced to thinking that they can join arcades to get " training or knowledge ".
what a load of you know what .
But the fact is I tell you from experience that the pasty faces of the city CEOs are not the truth . the truth is many , many " Underqualified " and " over aged " people get great jobs in the Fin. world . I was one of them .
So how do you get the tricks and sneaks ? My answer get it from someone who has been there and is offering it . Is there likely to be a price for it ? well hell , yeah , do you get something for nothing , is there such a thing as a free lunch ? NO ! we can all testify to that .
And let's think about this , lets' think about the big picture for all you newcomers out there . if a guy charges say 1000 for the sneaks and tricks , and the potential reward is a lifetime career at your dream job sitting at some big bank anywhere in the world's glamour cities punting away , with a net possible salary of 100's of 1000's per annum .
And let's just say this guy has contacts with the big guns : goldmans , UBS , Merrill , ING and even small hedges .
well that 1000 is looking like peanuts now ain't it ? that like R:R of 200:1 , pretty DAMN good . someone who refuses to look at such an offer would be foolish to say the least.
when I was at this stage in the game I wish there was something like this .
And let's face it , if you are outside of the " elite " groups and you don't have access to the sneaks and tricks , your chances are drastically reduced .
Don't be pennywise but pound foolish .
As someone who has been a proprietary broker , and an employed market player , I say that this is true BUT only to outsiders !
So after you've been to the careers centres and the presentations and all the gloosy hype , what are you left with apart from the usual " get a 1st class degree from a top uni " blab ?
Let me tell you that this isn't even true , I know a number of people in senior positions like head of trading , CEO who don't even have a degree! never mind a top university.
How ??? you may clammer : simple like I say trick and sneaks , not only what you know but how you know , who , when and where .
One chap told me that he had a friend who was in the business , he was desperate to join the game BUT get this he was too apprehensive fo approaching this guy. this is the sort of atmosphere purposely cultivated to creat barriers upon barriers . imagine you can't even approach a friend .
people now reduced to thinking that they can join arcades to get " training or knowledge ".
what a load of you know what .
But the fact is I tell you from experience that the pasty faces of the city CEOs are not the truth . the truth is many , many " Underqualified " and " over aged " people get great jobs in the Fin. world . I was one of them .
So how do you get the tricks and sneaks ? My answer get it from someone who has been there and is offering it . Is there likely to be a price for it ? well hell , yeah , do you get something for nothing , is there such a thing as a free lunch ? NO ! we can all testify to that .
And let's think about this , lets' think about the big picture for all you newcomers out there . if a guy charges say 1000 for the sneaks and tricks , and the potential reward is a lifetime career at your dream job sitting at some big bank anywhere in the world's glamour cities punting away , with a net possible salary of 100's of 1000's per annum .
And let's just say this guy has contacts with the big guns : goldmans , UBS , Merrill , ING and even small hedges .
well that 1000 is looking like peanuts now ain't it ? that like R:R of 200:1 , pretty DAMN good . someone who refuses to look at such an offer would be foolish to say the least.
when I was at this stage in the game I wish there was something like this .
And let's face it , if you are outside of the " elite " groups and you don't have access to the sneaks and tricks , your chances are drastically reduced .
Don't be pennywise but pound foolish .
