If you joined Google in Asia Pacific very recently, you probably experienced a special event at the company’s regional headquarters in Singapore last month: your graduation ceremony as a ‘Noogler’. If you don’t work for Google, this is the tech […]
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This is why 20-something bankers fail in Singapore and Hong Kong
Junior banking professionals in Singapore and Hong Kong are still in comparatively strong demand, even as firms such as Deutsche Bank trim senior staff in 2019. But if you’re an analyst or associate in Asia, the interview process for getting a new job […]
I need a break from banking. It was worth it
The point of what follows is to highlight that life can and does get in the way of work sometimes. It’s not something that many people will talk about openly so its possible that you will feel like an outlier. […]
Women Are Leading Porn’s Latest Reinvention
“I’ve never been one to watch porn.” Although that disingenuous claim has been made by countless people I know, I mean it. I’ve never really enjoyed porn. For me, the idea of pornography is inextricable from the hordes of men […]
The secretary who saw traders misbehaving after a few drinks
The judgement in the “witch’s hat” employment tribunal has been given, with a win for prime brokerage product manager, Stacey Macken. After funding the court case from savings and a loan she had been asking for compensation of as much as […]
‘Only households earning $350k+ are happy in cities.’
A favourite question during quiet times on the trading floor is always, “How much do you really need to earn?” Like really? Over at the Reformed Broker podcast, they discussed this very same issue in the context of some ‘research’ recently published on Marketwatch which said you need […]
Comment: The best bankers don’t make their money from banking
When outsiders look at the pay earned by people on Wall Street or in the City of London, they probably think people in the banking industry are wealthy because of their day jobs. It’s true, some are. But in my experience, the most […]
What people get wrong about banking vs. consulting careers
Should you choose banking or consulting as a career? And if you’re in banking already, should you quit for a career in consulting? I did the latter. After a career in equity research, I’m now a consultant at one of the MBB consulting […]
Goldman Sachs interns: woke, liberal, living off their parents
Do you have the right mindset to be an intern at Goldman Sachs? As someone who worked (full-time) at Goldman for a few years noted here earlier today, getting ahead at ‘the firm’ is about more than just scoring top grades […]
Starting Up Smart: Why Startups Need To Hire Women
The gender ratio and gender biases of the startup community are long-standing topics of contention. But this piece isn’t about why there are so few women in tech, and it’s not about what it’s like being one of the few. Rather, I want […]
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