<t>heh heh...My mathematics phd is almost entirely unrelated to anything remotely financial and it has counted tremendously against me. I had to go back to square one once I finished with my doctoral work. I did stuff equivariant cohomology in algebraic geometry. I think the only subjects that would...

That is funny - the guy who mentioned this was someone who wanted to write a sci-fi story about the the thin band where the amount of sunlight would be just right for keeping a reasonable temperature etc. The area would be in perpetual twilight.traderjoe - yes - algebraic geometry...and you?

<t>Obviously a ridiculous thing that cannot happen, but were it to suddenly stop, what would the catastrophic consequences be of such a rapid deceleration of the earth's rotation? I imagine it would be like an earthquake many orders of magnitude larger than anything every experienced....I wonder wha...

I see what you are saying - you are adding up all of the various rothschilds that live today. Together they may have a few hundred billion...I will give you that...but not for one individual.

<t>Trillionaires Mike? I would tend to agree that there are probably people of greater wealth than Bill Gates that prefer a much lower profile about their money. For example Suharto was publicly worht $16B when he was ousted from leadership of Indonesia...but probably has much more in reality. Then ...

<t>There are several very hot Russian women I have met.All of them felt absolutely entitled to damn near everything....I dated one of them on and off for my entertainment...she knew that I knew her game - she wanted to be a Russian Actress in Hollywood (I went to UCLA grad school) and needed to marr...

Circadian rhythms or not, I think the people of Oslo might have issues with "600am = dawn" as well!

<t>Thanks for the helpful replies everyone!DD, I like your interview questions better! I can handle those.It could be the case that the guy who gave me a hard time either did not like my face or had to be so tough because they only had one quant in their organization. Either way, it should have been...

<t>I had an interview yesterday and I emailed the bank for some feedback. This is what they said:"Hi Owen, Please call me XXX. Unfortunately, we will not be able to make you an offer. While your math background was indeed very strong, as expected,and I very much enjoyed our discussion, we decided th...

Thanks guys for the replies. I appreciate it!

<t>I apparently passed a phone interview with these guys and they will be flying me to NYC next week. I do not really know much about them other than what the headhunter said. The headhunter, from Huxley, said they were founded by a lot of ex DE Shaw guys.I never heard of them before....So are they ...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: zerdnaUnlike OMD, i was never wary enough of the golddigging ones. Must be because i don't have nearly the amounts of gold of OMD, or maybe those were the only ones left after he combed out all the good ones. But i am still content with my fate. I think mit, you might n...

Thanks Energydude...I appreciate the well wishes!

<t>Just go to any upscale bar and talk to a pal about finance. The women will follow.I was in an nice bar in NYC a few months ago. I was discussing finance with a guy there that I know. We said the words "hedge fund" and this really smokin' hot, tall, slim model-like korean babe who overhears us say...

<t>I just realized that the time of the posts were an hour off on this site. Apparently Europe starts its daylight savings time a week before we Americans do. So London is six hours ahead of NYC for the next week! I am glad I noticed that because I have a phone interview that will come from London t...