Some of the recent financial crisis was blamed on the reckless culture of gambling on Wall Street . The LA Times reports today that they are now literally hiring people with few qualifications beyond a love of poker. From the article: The 30-year-old never went to business school or even took a finance class. But he knew poker. He had made a living playing the game online for six years from his Manhattan apartment, betting on up to eight hands at a time. Within a few days, Fargis - with no Wall Street experience - was offered a position trading stock options, a job that entails making multimillion-dollar gambles. His poker skills sealed the deal. It's cheaper than business school. http://gawker.com/5540041/wall-street-ignores-irony-literally-hires-gamblers
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