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Exactly, so what is this Armen character getting out of this other than a potentially big amount of liability and unarticulated risk. The OP said he told peop
by sizzle 5y ago
Exactly, so what is this Armen character getting out of this other than a potentially big amount of liability and unarticulated risk.
The OP said he told people openly that Armen told him he could do it when asked.
This makes no sense to me, what’s the upside to Armen? If he is business savvy, he needs to be gaining something in exchange for having his name thrown around by OP as signing off on this.
- tim333 5y agoGuess the Python was useful? From an FT article: >In 2011 Goldman Sachs put its top computer wizard, Armen Avanessians, in charge of the division. He has helped turn round its fortunes. The arm’s assets under management reached a nadir of $38bn in 2012, but it now manages $91.8bn...
- sizzle 5y agoWow hope OP got a chunk of that!
- Sunspark 5y agoIt's a bank, so probably his reward for good performance was 10k at Christmas.
- dustintrex 5y agoYou may have dropped a couple of zeroes there.
- Sunspark 5y agoMaybe that bank is more generous. The one I worked at begrudgingly counted out the pennies like it was coming out of the war orphans fund or something.
- boringg 5y agoHahahah 10k maybe if he was a new intern. Off by an order of magnitude
- sswaner 5y agoMoney or less risk of losing money. Partners originate deals and/or manage risk. He was looking for accelerated process to make informed decisions.
- simonh 5y agoHe's doing his job, which is to ensure people have the tools and resources available to do their jobs. You know, furthering the goals of the organisation.