Quote from Anatoly.Spivak:
my problem is that i started working for cme giant 5 years ago who happens to be my gf's cousin when i was 19. I was a comp science student at DePaul at the time. I was his first clerk with bond future (back then he was 5 mil a year stock trader). He is a very cheap person and believes that everyone is out to get him. i ran myself into close to 100k of credit card debt over the course of 5 years. Through that time i helped him put together a team of 15 people and we turned into a 20 mil a year group. Last year my plan was to get my bonus check and leave at the turn of 2006. I had a backer and prop shop that was taking me with open arms. That year we were up 6 mil by april, unfortunatly in may and jun we went on to loose close to everything we had in our trading account (20-25 mil), when the bonds rallyed like crazy. anyway to make a short story ong i never got my big bonus check that i was expcting, and had to leave taking 5k for the holiday. i went on to my new company and was promised the world, i cant say that they didnt treat alright because they did give me a chance to put together what i would like to do now. i had a 50/50 split and got $300 a week. i worked to beg of july there, until they asked me to sign a 3 year deal. I didnt want to get into 3 year contract so i ended up leaving. I collected just enough money to pay off my debt, move to the south loop, buy furniture, a car, and now im paying for my gf to go to grad school. i have 40k or so saved but im scared to put it all on the line unless i have to.
normally the 1st step for an immigrant is to get money from his own people.
since you are russian i understand your reluctance. your 1st step is to make a list of people who u know. start with members of the team you helped to build.