It's nice to know that really intelligent, mature, risk-averse individuals are handling senstive financial instruments like bonds.
"bond trader" could mean a lot of things, but if he is a proprietary trader for the bank the last thing you want is people who are risk averse. Most successful traders are in fact risk seekers.
I know a few of traders and they are a pretty wild bunch. At least half are coke heads and spend a lot of their money in Vegas and at strip clubs. I can definately see at least one of them trying the bull run.