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My name is Carla and I'm an executive recruiter with Solomon-Page. I found your resume on the internet. We are in partnership with Bloomberg, chartered to do the technical hiring for them. They are located in NYC (Mayor Mike Bloomberg owns the company), and make the terminals that provide real-time, around the clock financial news and market data. Plus, they also have a syndicated news service (tv and radio) and publish books and magazines. They have paid us in advance to help them find super sharp C/C++ developers to build real-time applications onsite in Midtown Manhattan. This is a great way to break into the financial industry (if you haven't already) because they prefer to hire really technical people first, then train them in finance.
What fortune says about Bloomberg...
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/04/16/8404302/index.htm
Carla Casamona
Solomon-Page Technology Partners
1140 Ave. of Americas at 44th Street
9th Floor, NYC
212-403-6140 x7157
2nd Largest Executive Search Firm in NY
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Well, Carla, let me tell you a few things. First, Bloomberg is a traitorous scum who is not fit to hold office. Just consider his harassment of law-abiding gun dealers in other states. Or his continuing disrespect for the 2nd for the prisoners, er, citizens in his city. Hardly better than el Duce Guilliani. Both deserve the noose.
Next, Carla, NYC is essentially a prison for the clueless. Including those in suits and wingtips. Why anyone except maybe new immigrants lives there is beyond me.
Now then, Bloomberg's service is largely obsolete, you see, Carla, everyone has
an internet news & economics feed now, not just the financial parasites who spend $1500 a month for a status symbol. But you can run on fat and reputation long after you've served your purpose. Just look at DC. Or look around in your wonderful city.
And Carla, what makes you think that the financial biz is interesting? Other than simply making big easy money by skimming the flow of others' earnings, where is the attraction? Life is about more than big bucks --way more. Its about solving interesting, real problems. I doubt your colleages understand this, so its not suprising that you don't. Its mildly loathesome, kind of sad actually.
Finally, NYC is a target, you couldn't pay me enough to live there.
I don't intend to feed the rats and roaches my flattened corpse the way the folks in the Towers did.
Hows that working on the 9th story working out for you?
I'll take LA. At least we are allowed to have cars here, and don't have to take public transportation (can you say "target"? can you say "slime"? I knew you could) everywhere. We have wild parrots here, not pigeons. That's kind of representative of why, well, you should just stay in NYC. Where apparently you belong. Say hi to Mayor Mike for me.
