Here at Nice Hedge Fund, I support three guys: A senior portfolio manager, an economist, and another portfolio manager. Let’s call them Easy, Easier and Easiest. There’s also Pain in the Analyst A, but all I do for him is rack up a hefty bar tab through ill-advised baseball bets.
Easiest is a very sweet Brazilian man who rarely asks me for anything. I set up his meetings and photocopy articles for him occasionally, but that’s about it. Easier is a brilliant little Canadian man who once ran a marathon at the North Pole so naturally he’s my favorite. I do research for him and start his daily 8AM conference call, but again, not very demanding work.
Then there’s Easy. Easy lives on the Upper East Side, his daughters go to private school in the Bronx, and he weekends in the Hamptons. He’s very tall, vaguely handsome, and makes some odd decisions regarding his hair style.
He’s also appreciative and kind.
He’s Bizarro ARM.
Just like ARM and his daily lunch orders, Easy eats the same breakfast every morning: an eggwhite omelet with peppers, onions, and Swiss and a small coffee with milk. Unlike ARM, Easy doesn’t require his meal to be specially arranged on a tray, and get this: he thanks me when I put the delivery bag on his desk. Shocking, right? For so long I was used to being invisible. Even with the same pedigree and lifestyle as ARM, Easy manages to be, well, easy to work for. For now, I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Pain in the Analyst A tells me that Easy isn’t quite so easy for everyone else, especially if you’re a Trader. Ah, the mindless joys of being an Admin.
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I know this is a total long shot, but Easier doesn't know Dean Karnazes, does he? (the dude who wrote Ultramarathon Man--BEST BOOK EVER, GO READ IT!) Anyhoo, in that book Dean writes about how he and some other dudes ran the first ever marathon at the North Pole...and um, I figured there must have been only a handful of people to do it since then, or maybe none at all, so chances are high that he IS one of the dudes from the book!
side note: I am so happy for you that you have a normal job now.
In keeping up with Bizarro World...Easy just bought Easier a copy of Dean Karnazes book YESTERDAY, and promises to get me a copy, too. Easier did his North Pole marathon in 2006, after Karnazes' book came out. Wouldn't that have been cool though?
Thanks, babe!
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