At that time, I was involved in the development of a project for a large financial brokerage company.

On his watch financial markets nearly imploded and needed close to a trillion dollars to keep Fannie and Freddie in business along with overleveraged brokerage houses and banks belching black blood.

“I have a very high-stress life, ” says Alena Meeker, 32, a financial analyst at a major brokerage firm in San Francisco. “I love relaxing with the games.”