A Proper Introduction

[ignoramus]

I think he repairs their coke machines?

[robvalue]

What the hell is a financial operations engineer?

An accountant?

He mends the till when it breaks

[Cyberman]

What the hell is a financial operations engineer?

An accountant?

A bookie's runner.

[Anima]

What the hell is a financial operations engineer?

An accountant?

Accountant?! God no!!!

Simply put it is my job to model our entire operations system with available markets to determine the best allocation of units, purchases, and sales.

[pocaracas]

An accountant?

Accountant?!  God no!!!

Simply put it is my job to model our entire operations system with available markets to determine the best allocation of units, purchases, and sales.

So.... you're one more link in the chain that outsources most jobs... to India and Bangladesh and others...

[Anima]

Accountant?!  God no!!!

Simply put it is my job to model our entire operations system with available markets to determine the best allocation of units, purchases, and sales.

So.... you're one more link in the chain that outsources most jobs... to India and Bangladesh and others...

Well... I work for an electric utility and due to line losses or energy losses when storing it is a an area that is very unlikely to ever be outsourced.

Though my managerial overlords appear to be avid fans of Indian nationals computational skills (their communication skills usually leave a lot to be desired. Not always! Just usually.)

So...no?

[Anomalocaris]

So you are a fundamental power system modeler.   Which utility do you work for?   Yours might be a customer of my company.   We also offer unvarnished advice on how you should run your power system, what assets you should buy, and how you should hedge.

[pocaracas]

So.... you're one more link in the chain that outsources most jobs... to India and Bangladesh and others...

Well... I work for an electric utility and due to line losses or energy losses when storing it is a an area that is very unlikely to ever be outsourced.  

Though my managerial overlords appear to be avid fans of Indian nationals computational skills (their communication skills usually leave a lot to be desired.  Not always!  Just usually.)

So...no?

AHAHAHA, so there's another "financial operations engineer" in that company that does things like I said!
OK, you're off the hook.

Tell them to use proper national workforce that can understand and be understood by the customers.

[Anima]

AHAHAHA, so there's another "financial operations engineer" in that company that does things like I said!
OK, you're off the hook.

Tell them to use proper national workforce that can understand and be understood by the customers.

YOU GOT IT!! Riiiight after I tell them to raise my pay to 350x that of the average worker and to make me into a talking head with a trophy wife.

[pocaracas]

AHAHAHA, so there's another "financial operations engineer" in that company that does things like I said!
OK, you're off the hook.

Tell them to use proper national workforce that can understand and be understood by the customers.

YOU GOT IT!!  Riiiight after I tell them to raise my pay to 350x that of the average worker and to make me into a talking head with a trophy wife.  

Why would you want a trophy wife?

Do you not know the story of the investment banker who told off a pretty girl seeking a rich husband?

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This pretty woman is serious about her goals though. She went to a forum seeking a rich husband. And wrote a rather desperate sounding inquiry as to how she could attract a man with money.

Title: What should I do to marry a rich guy?
I’m going to be honest of what I’m going to say here. I’m 25 this year. I’m very pretty, have style and good taste. I wish to marry a guy with $500k annual salary or above. You might say that I’m greedy, but an annual salary of $1M is considered only as middle class in New York.
My requirement is not high. Is there anyone in this forum who has an income of $500k annual salary? Are you all married? I wanted to ask: what should I do to marry rich persons like you?
Among those I’ve dated, the richest is $250k annual income, and it seems that this is my upper limit.
If someone is going to move into high cost residential area on the west of New York City Garden(?), $250k annual income is not enough.
I’m here humbly to ask a few questions:
1) Where do most rich bachelors hang out? (Please list down the names and addresses of bars, restaurant, gym)
2) Which age group should I target?
3) Why most wives of the riches are only average-looking? I’ve met a few girls who don’t have looks and are not interesting, but they are able to marry rich guys.
4) How do you decide who can be your wife, and who can only be your girlfriend? (my target now is to get married)
Ms. Pretty

Dear Ms. Pretty,
I have read your post with great interest. Guess there are lots of girls out there who have similar questions like yours. Please allow me to analyse your situation as a professional investor.
My annual income is more than $500k, which meets your requirement, so I hope everyone believes that I’m not wasting time here.
From the standpoint of a business person, it is a bad decision to marry you. The answer is very simple, so let me explain.
Put the details aside, what you’re trying to do is an exchange of “beauty” and “money” : Person A provides beauty, and Person B pays for it, fair and square.
However, there’s a deadly problem here, your beauty will fade, but my money will not be gone without any good reason. The fact is, my income might increase from year to year, but you can’t be prettier year after year.
Hence from the viewpoint of economics, I am an appreciation asset, and you are a depreciation asset. It’s not just normal depreciation, but exponential depreciation. If that is your only asset, your value will be much worse 10 years later.
By the terms we use in Wall Street, every trading has a position, dating with you is also a “trading position”.
If the trade value dropped we will sell it and it is not a good idea to keep it for long term – same goes with the marriage that you wanted. It might be cruel to say this, but in order to make a wiser decision any assets with great depreciation value will be sold or “leased”.
Anyone with over $500k annual income is not a fool; we would only date you, but will not marry you. I would advice that you forget looking for any clues to marry a rich guy. And by the way, you could make yourself to become a rich person with $500k annual income.This has better chance than finding a rich fool.
Hope this reply helps.
Signed,
J.P. Morgan CEO

You don't want a trophy wife... you want a trophy girlfriend!... lots of them, not necessarily all at the same time!

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