- means how busy are you. This is a trap. It doesn’t matter because you are going to get work anyway. They are just testing your attitude. The correct response is "I have Capacity"
9. Let me noodle on this
– means they don’t care so quickly back away.
8. Back of the Envelope
‘I just did it back of the envelope and I get 12 million’
– means they just calculated it in their head and their numbers don't agree with what you have. Don't argue. Just slink away in defeat.
7. View from 10,000 feet
"At a view from 10,000 feet, it seems like we should go with the first option’
– Fancy way of saying that they are taking an Uneducated guess
6. Out of Pocket
‘I will be out of pocket for the rest of the evening’
– The DND of Banking. Don't ever use this if you are anyone Associate or below.
5. Under the Bus
"Minion! You made an error and made me look stupid. MD will hear all about your oversight."
– Congrats. You just got thrown under the bus. Likely the result of Bankerism 7 or 8.
4. Quick and Dirty
- Often applied to models or analyses, means to make them quickly
3. Jamming away
– means I’m busy, often abbreviated to ‘cnt sry jmd’
2. This is not my world
– Excuse for ignorance
Associate: Maybe not the best time to be pitching this given what is going on with industry regulation
MD: This is really not my world
1. It is what it is
– means absolutely nothing, can be applied to any situation
Analyst: How are we supposed to put in the historicals if the data doesn’t exist?
Associate: It is what it is
Analyst: I can't believe we did all that work for nothing.
Associate: It is what it is
Analyst: Wouldn’t it be faster if we did it this way instead?
Associate: It is what it is
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