Today an ex-colleague of mine in tech got fired. He was a trader the last 1.5 years. Once being a trader meant you were destined for fame, fortune, and f***ing... now you are just getting f***ed...
In equities they had 6 traders/sales I think get fired.
More to come! Exciting times indeed.
But whatever thats fine.. I actually dont care about job life so much. I feel I do okay work, but its a hassle. As I move up, and inherit teams and work w/ other people it gets political. What does that mean? It means people are suspicious and people are ambitious and nervous about their job, and people don't like people. As a manager I get in the middle of it, because I have teams here and teams there and there are personality conflicts and I have to deal with it to make it work. Boss like some people doesn't like some, etc etc.. and in the end its politics because people naturally look to take sides, but then don't want to get in trouble later so they take sides strategically.
Upcoming trips:
Oct 4-8 - HKG and swing by MFM of course
Nov 8-11 - Vegas
Nov 14-15 - Singapore
Nov 16-19 - India for wedding !
Dec 14-16 - snow season starts in Furano, Hokkaido
Dec 22-25 - Niseko !
Dec 29-Jan 2 - Niseko again ??? (not booked yet.. )
Wow now that I look at this.. I have to ask myself.. why am I going to Niseko, then back and then Niseko again... wtf Hmm I may have to think about this again, maybe I will do Niseko for like 10 days.
