City Boy – Beer And Loathing In The Square Mile
July 10, 2008 Career Management TrackBack URLThis week, I broke one of the unwritten laws of travelling on London Underground trains – I spoke with a stranger! Indeed, I had a laugh and a joke with 2 strangers (gosh horror).
As London-based readers will know full-well, being friendly or chatty to strangers on the tube is a complete no-no. An activity that is strictly reserved for ‘nutters’, stalkers and Tenants Super drinkers (how can they drink that stuff at 8am?)
So what prompted this act of folly on my part?
Well, it was all prompted when I burst out laughing whilst reading the entertaining new book “City Boy – Beer And Loathing In The Square Mile” – an outburst which resulted in a discussion with 2 fellow passengers about the book and life in the City.
‘City Boy,’ is Geraint Anderson’s no-holds-barred account of what it’s really like to work in London’s financial centre. It’s an entertaining account of greed, corruption and the competitive spirit within the sector, along with the hedonistic lifestyle Anderson lived.
He has built up quite a following from writing an anonymous and widely-read column in
The London Paper over the last couple of years.
After 12 years in the City, Anderson realised that he could no longer tolerate his job or the lifestyle and left his role with Dresdner to write a book.
I’m only half way through the book, but so far it’s funny, shocking and true in so many ways.
It’s never going to win a Booker prize or change the culture within banking. But it will certainly make you laugh and get you thinking. And who knows, maybe you’ll even find yourself discussing it with complete strangers on the Tube.
So what are you tolerating?
Like Anderson, many of you are probably tolerating many things about your job, career and subsequent lifestyle.
This week’s newsletter article highlights some of the things many of the clients I meet are putting up with. Which ones apply to you?
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