YWR: Shane's mid-career train smash.

A hedge fund holiday story.

“I’m such an idiot! I should never have left Merrill! I hate myself!”

Shane was upset. I wanted to help, but didn’t know what to do either.

It was December and we were both sitting on the trading desk of a hedge fund which was about to shut down.

Shane was lamenting how just 2 years ago he had left his options trading position at Merrill Lynch in London to…