The Man in the Cheap Suit at Bloomberg’s London Headquarters
The Man in the Cheap Suit at Bloomberg’s London Headquarters The reasoning and process: In a quest to hear from people directly in the industry, and ask a few of my own questions, I decided to get myself into Bloomberg’s commodity investor forum. Funnily enough, the submission page to get a ticket did ask who I worked for. Looking at the screen, I had to chuckle knowing this could be a pitfall to my entry. Using the overpriced credentials of an undergraduate degree as well as the very blog I am writing on now, I added “Workplace: University of Bath,” and “Role: Commodity/Market blogger”. Within a few days I landed a ticket in my inbox – total result out of a cornered position. After having been to a previous networking event of sorts - commodities run club – I was very excited to get out there again and have a chance to be more curious. Just as a side note, the commodities run club hosted by two guys called Jakob and Fabrice was an awesome experience and great fun talking ...