Why we are ruder at work than we are in the street — FT.com

Why we are ruder at work than we are in the street — FT.com

Goldman Sachs to drop on-campus interviews — FT.com

Goldman Sachs to drop on-campus interviews — FT.com

How to Tell a Coworker They’re Annoying You

How to Tell a Coworker They’re Annoying You

Algorithm for Sales Traders

Wait but. If you are trying to buy stock, calling the people who own a lot of that stock is not, you know, that creative. "Call the top five holders of a stock" is literally an algorithm. It is hard to make a robot chat application that can be convincingly human, but it's easy to make a robot chat application that can select the top five holders of a stock and message them "Ahoy friend, I see you own 5,000,000 shares of XYZ stock, do you fancy getting out of it? Good news, the Huskies won last night's game." 





Shareholders, Directors and Traders - Bloomberg View

Intern tips from hedge fund Citadel - Business Insider

Intern tips from hedge fund Citadel - Business Insider

6 Ways to Disagree with Senior Management

6 Ways to Disagree with Senior Management

How to Disagree with Someone More Powerful than You

How to Disagree with Someone More Powerful than You

Voting Mistakes and Financial Choice - Bloomberg View

Voting Mistakes and Financial Choice - Bloomberg View



Which type are you?

Elsewhere in The Kids These Days, "Goldman Sachs attracted more than a quarter of a million applications from students and graduates for jobs this summer, suggesting fears of a ‘brain drain’ in the sector may be exaggerated as banks introduce more employee-friendly policies." You could sort of imagine three types of undergraduate investment banking applicants:

1. The person who wants to work 100 hours a week on front-page deals while making piles of money.
2. The person who likes the idea of getting 36 hours off every weekend.
3. The person who applies for banking jobs because it's sort of what is expected in certain Ivy League majors and sports teams.

The declining compensation and increasing leisure in banking may be attracting more applicants of Type 2 and fewer of Type 1, which might change the culture a bit. But Type 3 should be pretty unaffected by the changes, and might be the dominant type.

7 Things to Say When a Conversation Turns Negative

7 Things to Say When a Conversation Turns Negative

Happiness precedes trading success - SMB Capital - Trading Education

Happiness precedes trading success - SMB Capital - Trading Education

Outsmart Your Next Angry Outburst

Outsmart Your Next Angry Outburst

Tim Harford — Article — The odds are you won’t know when to quit

Tim Harford — Article — The odds are you won’t know when to quit

Goldman Sachs shifting focus to equities trading - Business Insider

Goldman Sachs shifting focus to equities trading - Business Insider

Here's Your Degree. Now Go Defeat Demagogues. - Bloomberg View

Here's Your Degree. Now Go Defeat Demagogues. - Bloomberg View

Only successful people can afford a CV of failure | Sonia Sodha | Opinion | The Guardian

Only successful people can afford a CV of failure | Sonia Sodha | Opinion | The Guardian

Stop Crashing Planes: Charlie Munger’s Six-Element System

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Stop Crashing Planes: Charlie Munger’s Six-Element System

Clashes with colleagues: how to deal with conflicts at work — FT.com

Clashes with colleagues: how to deal with conflicts at work — FT.com

Why Dressing for Success Leads to Success - WSJ

Why Dressing for Success Leads to Success - WSJ

Wall Street's Lacrosse Mafia - Bloomberg

Wall Street's Lacrosse Mafia - Bloomberg

How to Find the Perfect Worker - The Atlantic

How to Find the Perfect Worker - The Atlantic:



The single best predictor was: absolutely nothing.