a top student at wharton who wants to go into banking or PE should obviously choose NYC while a math/computers genius at MIT would choose a quant trading firm like GETCO or a hedge fund like citadel.
Date: May 6th, 2010 12:10 PM Author: razzmatazz milky tanning salon philosopher-king
He's got other monikers too with "jjc" in them.
It's ridiculous how insecure he is about chicago and I can't believe that after all these years he's still bitter about not being able to work in NYC finance.
He's on other forums/blogs as well related to NYC and does his same routine where he bashes NYC and hails ARE COUNTRY/chicago as the best city ever, lol
"Over the past few years, more and more top undergrads from elite schools like harvard, MIT, princeton, stanford, etc., are turning down bulge bracket banks in NYC for elite prop trading shops and hedge funds in Chicago, such as citadel, getco, jump, drw. Will this trend only accelerate, or is it an anomaly due to the beating banking has been taking since late 2007?"
LOL at the first reply:
"I love it, whenever I see a post from Quantum, I can always expect a hard-on for Chicago, yet with no numbers to back up his claim.
Date: May 6th, 2010 12:19 PM Author: razzmatazz milky tanning salon philosopher-king
by quantum (Baboon, 109 Points) on 4/7/10 at 10:30pm
Several of my good friends have moved from NYC to Chicago in the past year. The consensus seems to be that Chicago offers about 90% of NYC at half the cost. And the lifestyle is more laid-back, and people are not as pretentious as manhattan people. In contrast to NYC, in chicago when you talk to people at clubs,bars, and parties, they're not going to immediately ask you where you went to school and what firm you work at, in order to measure you up.
Date: May 6th, 2010 12:21 PM Author: Passionate tan locus
He's looking to do a Joe Vag:
by jjc1122 User's RSS Feed (Gorilla, 638 Banana Points Points) on 4/12/10 at 11:05am
I know NYU Stern has a great finance program, and its reputation has improved considerably in the last 5 years. Curious to know what their placement is like in BB S&T and also hedge funds. Do most top firms recruit at Stern?
Date: May 6th, 2010 12:27 PM Author: razzmatazz milky tanning salon philosopher-king
by jjc1122 (Gorilla, 638 Points) on 7/7/08 at 7:55pm
It's interesting that people constantly talk about how "glamorous" and "upscale" Manhattan is, but with the exceptions of a few prime areas like fifth, park, and central park west, the island is pretty dirty. there's garbage bags on every street corner, especially in downtown neighborhoods, the buildings are old and grimy, and even "nice" areas like chelsea and upper west side, have MASSIVE housing projects. or to take another example, check out the PATH station in christopher street, which is in west village, a supposedly nice area. it's completely ghetto and full of drug dealers and trannies.
So given such appalling conditions, it doesn't make sense that Manhattan is so expensive. why do people pay such exorbitant fees in rent and other expenses to live in such filth?
Date: May 6th, 2010 12:32 PM Author: razzmatazz milky tanning salon philosopher-king
lol, can you imagine being this guy?
Never getting a good night's sleep because NYC is always on his mind. He's always being reminded of NYC in the news, the media, it all triggers his same emotions.
Date: May 6th, 2010 11:51 AM Author: frozen cerebral casino
I'm a finance dood and I'd agree that prop trading and quant are better than pe and banking in Chicago, but NYC is still the place to be for all of the above.
Date: May 6th, 2010 11:52 AM Author: Irradiated Bawdyhouse Round Eye
you would be stupid to choose NYC for prop trading. chicago alone has firms like getco, drw, jump, optiver, transmarket, ronin, peak 6, chicago trading, wolverine, etc.
Date: May 6th, 2010 11:59 AM Author: Irradiated Bawdyhouse Round Eye
i don't think you have any idea how selective these chicago prop shops are. GETCO only recruits brilliant math/computer science kids from mit, harvard, princeton, stanford. same for jump trading and the others. i know a developer at jump who's making $500K+ and his older brother is a trader there who made roughly $1.5 million. if you do well, compensation at these prop firms dwarf banking and private equity.
your friend is still full of shit. most guys, especially those in finance, grossly exaggerate how much money they make. the fact that you believe whatever your friend says is truly LULZ worthy.
even at a hedge fund like SAC Capital, only a few people are making more than $10 million/year. LOL at you for knowing so little about hedge fund compensation and believing everything your friend says.
y jjc1122 (Gorilla, 638 Points) on 2/15/08 at 2:12pm
I just got rejected at columbia business and am pretty devastated. I thought I had a good shot and really wanted to be in NYC. All the students I know there are having a blast. I still haven't heard back from harvard, wharton, and chicago, but it looks like I'm not gonna get in since it's so close to the interview invite deadline. Oh well. I have to spend an extra year in shitty Chicago and reapply for round 1 next year.
PWN PWN PWN
"I have to spend an extra year in shitty Chicago and reapply for round 1 next year."
Date: May 6th, 2010 1:02 PM Author: Confused Orchid Field Partner
I don't know if this'll help in your pwnage but JJC is the NYSE symbol for barclays bank. Does your analysis of his post history show any signs of him working at barcap in chicago?
Date: May 8th, 2010 1:53 AM Author: Aphrodisiac abusive nursing home tattoo
as the op said, it's better in certain areas of finance. for banking and PE, NYC wins hands down. and in cost of living, lower taxes, and quality of people, chicago probably wins out.
Date: May 8th, 2010 2:26 AM Author: frozen cerebral casino
dood you gotta try harder. making the same arguments under a new name doesnt fool anyone. i duno what they teach you in chicago, but that kind of flame wont cut it in MANFUCKINGHATTAN.