May 26th, 2007, 12:25 pm
QuoteOriginally posted by: NorthernJohnQuoteOriginally posted by: spiceIsn't the long hours a myth? Even as a trading desk quant, the markets open at 7:50am and ends at 4:30pm. Considering you are not even a trader, you don't even need to be there so early. There's no reason to be there much later than 5:30pm everyday.The markets close at 4:30?I assume that you must have a pretty narrow experience of the world if you think this is true.and assuming you can get out an hour after your market closes is pushing it too.Got to produce stats for the day and then go to meeting to discuss them. Even if you don't go to the meetings, your boss has to go to them and you can't go home until he does