For many who work or aspire to work on Wall Street, getting a gig with Steve Cohen at SAC is the holy grail, for obvious reasons. Money. Prestige. “Stretching” rooms. An office on the water, perfect for midday contemplation. All the fleece clothes you could ever want. The opportunity to be called “sport” or “champ” or “idiot” by the big guy. And so on and so forth. Having said that, most people probably only know of the standard practices for obtaining employment at SAC. They include connections, applying, impressing representatives of the firm at your college or business school, and things of that nature. Unfortunately, we don’t generally hear about the less orthodox tactics some people have used (other than Gary Busey’s avenue for getting in good). Today James Altucher relates his tale. If you’ve been trying with little success to get your foot or other body part in the door, you’ll want to take notes. Step one: obtain Steve’s screen name. Continue reading »