Cityboy: Beer and Loathing in the Square Mile

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For the next five years I became everything I'd always despised as I made my way up from Vauxhall Conference also-ran at Banque Inutile to Premier League trader at Schiessebank (Ha ha again). I cheated on my girlfriend, I shafted my colleagues and I lied to and brown-nosed clients. But still I couldn't outdo Hugo. Les chapitres qui se suivent introduisent tous un personnage archétypal (le trader, le jeune diplômé, le Génie, l’enflure, etc…) en élargissant pour décrire également certains aspects des métiers de la City, avec en fil blanc la compétition avec l’enflure Hugo pour le prix de premier analyste de la place. Overall a nice read about personal experiences in the investment banking sector, and the issues arising from the participants' incentives and their psychological drivers. It's clear the author has quite a negative recollection of his experiences during his time 'in the city', which -- from my own understanding and experiences -- ring true in more than a few instances. The negative tone throughout the book might make it less accessible/enjoyable to those with a more moderate view on the sector though. The writing style is easy and generally fun, however the 'creatives' descriptive analogies get tedious after a while in IMHO.

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In 1998, the first four City Boy albums were reissued in two double-CD sets by Renaissance Records. Unable to walk for three weeks, he had plenty of time to contemplate his shallow existence. By then he had already been approached to write a book based on his increasingly popular column. I screwed up a perfectly good relationship', he admits. 'I had planned to marry this woman but I was in a mindset that was not conducive to a long-term relationship.' The majority of us have been told NOT to pay in cash: More than half of people say they've had coins and notes rejected in recent weeks A shot in the arm for fighting HIV: ViiV Healthcare boss believes annual jabs can replace daily tablets in next decade

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Geraint Anderson (2008). Cityboy: Beer and Loathing in the Square Mile. Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0755346165. Jason Flemyng attends the premiere of Wild Bill at Cineworld Haymarket on March 20, 2012 in London, England. a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.107. ISBN 978-1-904994-10-7. Anderson started writing his "City Boy" column in the third quarter of 2006 for The London Paper, which became a popular piece with some readers of the newly launched free newspaper. [4] On 18 June 2008, it was revealed that Anderson was "City Boy". [1] [5] In the following week he published his first book, Cityboy: Beer And Loathing In The Square Mile. urn:lcp:cityboybeerloath0000ande_t9r9:epub:27988a42-b99b-4a65-b67a-f48acc113620 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier cityboybeerloath0000ande_t9r9 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t5r881r21 Invoice 1652 Isbn 9780755346189

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That's all been fantastic. There are a lot of different, subtle things that are going on with this character, and a lot of choices needed to be made in terms of how you visually show all of this. At different points, this character discovers and will discover different levels to his power. Each one of those different nuances has a whole other visual component to it. And it's only fair to point out that he didn't hand in his resignation until his last bonus was safely in his bank. On December 19 last year - bonus day - he was sitting on a beach in Goa, India, with a margarita in his hand when he made the call to his boss in London. A second book, Cityboy: 50 Ways to Survive the Crunch, was published in November 2008. In 2010, Anderson revealed that he was working on a third book, Just Business. It is about a man who writes an anonymous column for a London-based newspaper, breaks into his boss's computer and discovers a major crime. [6] Works by Anderson [ edit ] Books [ edit ] Spray foam insulation consumer guide from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors doesn't say how to remove it Revealed: The banks least likely to pay out if you get scammed (and the ones that reimburse the most cash)City Boy's first five albums were produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange, who was recommended to them by Phonogram A&R guy Chris Peers, and their debut album entitled City Boy, was the first full album that Mutt produced after relocating to the UK from South Africa. Lange became the de facto seventh member of the band, helping Chris Dunn hone his bass guitar skills and assisting with vocal arrangements. "Shake My Head and Leave", City Boy's first single off their eponymously titled debut album, was released in 1975 and received decent airplay. Their next single, "The Hap-Ki-Do Kid" earned them an appearance on BBC's Top of the Pops, where they became the first act to ever perform 'live' on the show. [ citation needed] Their first national tour saw them open for labelmates Thin Lizzy. Now that I've written this book, I'm becoming the artist I've always wanted to be. Except I'm not. I'm just a deluded gobshite who's sold his soul for a second time. The richer they are, the unhappier they are. It's a very loose foundation upon which to base your confidence. Your sense of selfworth is directly tied into the size of your bonus as opposed to your heart and soul and mind.

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Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2020-12-10 05:53:43 Boxid IA1999709 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier I decided I'd spend the next five years travelling the world, selling trinkets from India,' says Anderson. 'I had it all worked out. I was going to learn karate so I could defend myself and learn Spanish so I could go to South America.' City Boy is supposed to be an insider account of the filthy money and life lived by so called investment bankers. Written in a witty and sarcastic tone, the book does provide an interesting account. Do NOT accept insurance price hikes if they're more than 10%: Our urgent message to readers facing huge rises to their home or car coverHe stops to think for moment. 'Mind you,' he adds, 'I have it all out there now, don't I? There are no secrets left. Maybe I'd be untouchable now.' The interview took place in a City bar over several bottles of champagne and Anderson was hired on the spot, despite admitting: 'I didn't know anything about numbers. 'From the word go, I had concerns about how it was. It just seemed to me like a tight-knit club dedicated to making its young, mostly male, white members as much cash as humanly possible. It's soulless.' My main ambition is to not wake up on my 50th birthday thinking ‘oh well, that was an average life’. I want to learn to surf, write good popular books and as Albert Camus said, “do as little harm as possible.” Want a pension pot for life? Plan would curb ever increasing number of small pots and become 'auto enrolment 2.0' - this is how it could work

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At the same, it was clear he was turning into somebody he didn't like very much. 'My friends started saying that my ego was out of control. Even my parents told me I was becoming money-obsessed. I didn't like the person I'd become.'They don't care about anything other than next year's bonus,' he says. 'They don't care about gambling with the money of ordinary people because they're making millions. I truly believe the credit crunch is a direct result of the City's short-term gambling and the bonus culture.' However, I must also add that the book comes across as an exaggeration. Obviously having never worked as an investment analyst or a trader, I can't truly state that the book is true or false. But still many sections do come across as "over the top". You are constantly comparing yourself to the person next to you. It's a commonplace tragedy that we Cityboys throw away the best years of our lives and destroy our health while creating fantasies about what we'll do once we retire.' Halifax axes paper statements for online banking customers due to 'issues' with sending physical copies in the post