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HP Credibility in the Real world
Message #1 Posted by Ed Austin on 27 Oct 2008, 2:12 p.m.

As you probably know in many Investment Banks, all newly joining associates on the training programs were given an HP12C. In fact in my time in Investment Banking I mostly saw 12C's with the odd "maverick" with a 41C series... although the 12C ruled supreme. I heard a story of an associate who after a meeting with a VP, left his TI BA calculator on the VP's desk, which the VP's secretary returned to the associate saying "her boss felt nervous with such a big calculator on his desk". He went out and purchased a 12C...

Myself, if I see a (pre 1995, or simply lets say RPN) HP being pulled out for a calculation, my respect for the owner goes up ten-fold.

I have never had a colleague pull out an LED HP yet... if they did.. heck the credibility goes up twenty-fold for sure :)

Happy calculations!

      
Re: HP Credibility in the Real world
Message #2 Posted by Don Shepherd on 27 Oct 2008, 2:51 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Ed Austin

Personally, I wouldn't care what type calculator my investment banker pulled out and used. But if he said "Mr. Shepherd, I can't offer you a loan unless you can demonstrate conclusively your ability to repay it," my respect would go up a thousand-fold!

      
Re: HP Credibility in the Real world
Message #3 Posted by Donald Ingram on 27 Oct 2008, 3:45 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Ed Austin

Quote:
I have never had a colleague pull out an LED HP yet...

Flashing red LEDs would be quite an appropriate response to the financial climate these days. ;-)

Edited: 27 Oct 2008, 3:45 p.m.

            
Re: HP Credibility in the Real world
Message #4 Posted by Geir Isene on 27 Oct 2008, 4:09 p.m.,
in response to message #3 by Donald Ingram

Sort of "cut the crap, back to basics" :-)

            
Re: HP Credibility in the Real world
Message #5 Posted by Marcus von Cube, Germany on 28 Oct 2008, 5:56 a.m.,
in response to message #3 by Donald Ingram

Quote:
Flashing red LEDs would be quite an appropriate response to the financial climate these days. ;-)

Dying batteries, too.

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