James
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Anyone know much about them?
Or work for one?
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Cosmo
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What exactly are you after knowing?
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James
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What it's like working for one
Got an interview at one in Mayfair tomorrow.
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James
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Or anything that would be useful to know really.
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Cosmo
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They are employing? What sort of role?
Hedge funds got his massively by the credit crunch and most are selling off what they can to recoup what they can!
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James
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Yeh some of the better ones are. They did really well in the credit crunch because they invest a lot in alternative investment vehicles.
The role is a software developer working on their trading systems.
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Cosmo
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Is that much different from what you were doing, or were you not working on the trading systems over at Merrill Lynch?
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James
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Not the trading systems no - just crappy back office systems and some other stuff.
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Cosmo
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So sounds like that would be a much more interesting job!!
Not really much I can tell you other than go and do some research on how hedge funds work and how they are different to your standard investment funds.
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James
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Yeh - They are so secretive, their website just has the company logo and "Please contact us for more information".
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Cosmo
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You ever seen Boiler Room?
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James
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No
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Cosmo
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Go and download it and watch it
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James
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Just read about it on IMDB. Sounds about right TBH.
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Brett
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quote: Originally posted by Cosmo
You ever seen Boiler Room?
Got it on DVD. Top film!
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James
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Gunna download it tonight.
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Brett
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It's on channel 4 most weeks tbh
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Cosmo
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quote: Originally posted by loafofbrett
It's on channel 4 most weeks tbh
Yeah its always on TV - top film
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quote: Originally posted by James
Yeh - They are so secretive, their website just has the company logo and "Please contact us for more information".
ring them and ask them to tell you more about themselves so you can impress them at an interview
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James
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Yeh well actually they specifically said they don't expect candidates to know much about the company so it's not a huge problem.
They gave me an overview in my phone interview this morning. 250 Employees, offices in NY, London, Hong Kong etc. Assets of $12bn.
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