7 Types Of People Who Fail In Finance

[kirylm]

To earn a career (or even a job offer) in finance, you needed to have sufficiently impressed your interviewers. The finance setting in the real world is competitive. Occasionally, HR will let in finance professionals with uber personalities. They have spark, personality and commendable accomplishments. Unfortunately, as their peer group begins to work with them, these peers come to a realization that there are certain dysfunctional behaviors that serve as roadblocks to teamwork, realizing team objectives and smooth execution. Here are seven personality types that you find that injects poison into finance's unique corporate culture.

http://www.investopedia.com/articles/financialcareers/09/7-people-fail-finance.asp

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Remind me of this fun list
http://www.quantnet.com/forum/threads/25-guys-to-avoid-on-wall-street.5731/

 

[joel_b]

oh hey let's people everyone in simple categories, that's new

edit: throw in finance buzz words too

 

[euroazn]

oh hey let's people everyone in simple categories, that's new

edit: throw in finance buzz words too

I bet you're not a client-oriented go-getter, are you?

 

[joel_b]

haha i deal with clients all day.

I just find articles like these funny. Like, I'm going to read it and say, "you know what, I'm a pontificating, selffish asshole, good thing I read this article; now I know I have to change!"

The piece just serves to validate people can't stand, or can't work with the types of people listed, so they can be like 'oh I totally know a guy like that, this article is SO TRUE!'. And their just such extreme archetypes it's comical fluff.

Many people with bad qualities become successful in finance. Even more people with the good qualities fail at finance.

And maybe they become writers for websites, on how to succeed in finance.