> "Brooke Allen has worked for 30 years in the securities industry as a proprietary trader and hedge fund manager." Let me translate: "Brooke Allen has worked

> "Brooke Allen has worked for 30 years in the securities industry as a proprietary trader and hedge fund manager." Let me translate: "Brooke Allen has worked for thirty years in a industry dedicated to fleecing the stupid rich. Hedge funds uniformly deliver lower-than-average returns with high volatility, but high payouts to the staff involved sucking from other people's money. Mr. Allen believes that working in an extremely-well-paid industry where he managed to get extremely-well-paid makes him a good salary negotiator."