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Re:Why do traders in investment banks feel their jobs are im... by paganel on Monday January 02, 2017 @05:32AM (#13300352)
> Also, high finance is not just about what you know. It's inevitably about who you know, about "illogical" factors such as salesperson charisma, entertainment, and most importantly, a credible personality type that understands the edge case risks

That explains the LIBOR scandal.

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Re:Why do traders in investment banks feel their jobs are im... by chillydawg on Monday January 02, 2017 @06:07AM (#13300463)
And virtually every scandal in human history.
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Re:Why do traders in investment banks feel their jobs are im... by paganel on Monday January 02, 2017 @06:14AM (#13300490)
We were talking about the finance industry, which some say that it should be this cold, rational thing where no "personal", charisma-based decisions are ever made, it's all based on offer and demand. Otherwise I do agree with you, our particularities as a species have caused lots of "scandals" in the past (like world-conquerors getting drunk and killing their best friends because of it), but that's to be expected, we're not robots.
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