Recent content by HighFrequencyBum

Continue to try and land a job at a F500 company, I think it's possible. I won't attempt to trade on my own, if I ever decide to I'll go back to school for a math degree, get a good GPA, and work for a Prop Firm.

Most programmers are lazy lol. Don't you guys basically write code so you don't have to do something the long way again. Also so everybody here trades on their own, nobody actually works for a Prop Firm?

That post was in jest.

Finally some recognition! And I love the internet because it allows for so many opinions unlike my poor friend Freeway Ricky Ross :( ""I asked the wrong person." - Freeway Rick Ross http://boingboing.net/2015/05/22/what-i-learned-about-leadershi.html :D

Thanks for all the responses everyone. Every post has been helpful.

Yeah tuition has seen a marginal increase over the years. I don't know about doomed though, but that's maybe that's the entitled attitude in me hoping it's not or the realist thought of discrimination occurring and not getting a job even if I did everything right.

They do, I didn't want more than decent pay (and that's not guaranteed even with a degree) when I began but now I want more.

I lost my scholarship and had to take out loans after that first year because of the grades so I'm not that smart, I wouldn't have listened otherwise though, you couldn't tell a stupid teenager anything back then but it was a nice vacation for a couple of years. I think I'll be alright though...

In his first semester of college did he make a B on his Government class midterm only to realize a week later that he could make a D in the class and still receive the credit? Because that's what I did and I ended up making my first D ever in that class lol.

I know the path, top school - few years in IB - MBA - then PE, but there are a lot of small PE boutiques that make a lot of money (I've had CEOs of said boutiques reply to my emails) so I'm not expecting Blackstone or Goldman but who knows.

I've considered it for a while now, along with other careers in finance like IB and PE so I'm not totally clueless about it.

No I want more but that just sounded really grim, but this is why I'm wondering about trading to make a lot more money. Thanks for the advice though.

A single wide, is it really that grim in the real world? I think I could find a decent job in smaller city or town and be able to afford to rent a home at least. Maybe I'm not fully aware though.

Thanks for the response, I appreciate the reality check. I've already experienced a lot of non-replies to applications at F500 I've completed. As for the change in attitude I'd be willing to work long hours if it paid well enough, but I'm not willing to work long hours in public accounting for...

Well I don't want to be lazy anymore. And I'm willing to take the risk now that I have a backup plan.