Structure of a Bank
A short introduction to the static structure of an investment bank. We will have much more to say about it later on.
Quantitative Finance, Books, Corporate Life
Work and Life
My thoughts on corporate life, work-life balance or the lack thereof and so on.
Work and Life
How to Lose Weight in Your Late Forties
Do not let anybody tell you what you can and cannot do. They are almost always wrong. You want to get in shape, I will show you how.
Books, Corporate Life, Quantitative Finance
Trading Platform
What is a trading platform? Why does everybody want it? And how do we get one? Third post in this series on quantitative development.
Quantitative Finance, Books, Corporate Life
Agendas
Here is the agenda of these posts. And more than you wanted to know about all sorts of agendas.
Books, Corporate Life, Quantitative Finance
Off the Beaten Track
First post in a long series on Principles of Quantitative Development , on how an investment bank works.
Home No More
On the loss of a second parent, and its implications.
Topical, Work and Life, Science
Are You an Introvert?
Take a quiz to see if you are an introvert or an extrovert – a techie or a manager.
Work and Life, Books, Corporate Life
Quiet Me
On why I like to be quiet and keep listening to a world that can’t stop talking. It is prelude to an upcoming review of the book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain.
Was Yours, Now Mine
This article is a follow-up to my last post on what was troubling my conscience. This is also a rant on the modern capitalism of the corporate era, where we have all become tiny cogs in a giant wheel inexorably rolling on to nowhere in particular, but obliterating much in the process.
Work and Life, Corporate Life, Environment
Troubled Conscience
Do you feel troubled and responsible for things over which you have no control? If you do, this post may help you get by. Then again, it may make it worse…
Humor, Work and Life, Life and Death
Ridiculous, Annoying and Embarrassing
When our kids turn 13, we turn ridiculous. How do we handle it?