<r>Don Wilson likes blueberry muffins. Hope this helps if you get a second interview.I worked for them years ago and they deserve better than the dismissive response they got from Mr Papercut. DW was one of the biggest traders in the Eurodollar options pit and built up his firm with his own capital ...

Yes, there are. 37.5 hours per week here (software vendor). Also quite amenable to rolling in at 11.30am, working from home etc, once you have shown that you do something useful.You can PM me if this would be of interest.

What is the meaning of "exotic repo"? Does anyone trade them, and if so, why?

<t>So after the >20 interviews you must have had at Goldman prior to getting an offer, you haven't been able to form any opinion at all except that they're "a bit arrogant"? The only way to differentiate them from other firms is by the brand name? How about timing the journey from your house to thei...

<t>FQJ: You are an absolutely mediocre chess player, and you have a job! So that's one more data point in support of my hypothesis!Thanks for the clarification about your friend's situation. Yes I should not have assumed that he had not approached the obvious people on the chess scene. But if he has...

<t>The chess personality type being what it is, I don't suppose it would ever have occured to any plurality of individuals to form a "network". But there are lots of chess players in the City. If you want to bring them out of the woodwork, let's have the P&D Chess Challenge: City vs Wall St.You'...

<t>I'm a FIDE Master in chess, and an ex-trader (now taking refuge in a software house). I like this topic. This is what I think:1. I don't agree that exceptional chess ability implies exceptional overall intelligence. Chess requires a high level of "visual/spatial" intelligence, but nothing in verb...