Recent content by NaveedH

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    Not really worked up about why you said what you said, I appreciate any insight from those in the trade (no pun intended). The truth stands that engineers make more than $10 an hour. We aren't in the seventies anymore. Thanks for the opinion though.
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    What are you talking about? Talking about fun with respect to trading and engineering is toootally relative. When you put money first, you pay more attention... There is no engineering job that pays $10 an hour. Not one. The avg. civil engineering degree out of school for the US is 52k a...
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    Need advice

    Could be the best rant I've ever read. Eloquent doesn't even begin to describe that. As for all you others... I want to do it because of the nature of the work... I've always liked stats and more financial math over engineering math. Yeah, I'm greedy for the money too, but I'm not just diving...
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    Need advice

    Anything "can be" rewarding... You did nothing for me with that post.
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    Need advice

    Upon doing some more research.. I've noticed a flow of jobs that lead to trading (energy at least). Please correct me accordingly Risk Analyst ---> Scheduler ---> Trader Another question I have is... can I skip the first if I have relevant experience in scheduling with respect to...
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    Need advice

    You're making the assumption that I'm willing to put up my own capital in something I know nothing about. You may be right... But "these" isn't me. I'll let you know when I put my first penny in a company or a commodity I know nothing about.
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    Need advice

    I graduated with a degree in civil engineering... but I got into it five years ago as a recommendation from my dad and because I didn't know what I wanted to do but I knew I wanted to make fair money with decent job security. Now I realize that engineering 1. Isn't hard 2. Is monotonous 3. Has a...
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    Need advice

    Hey fellas, Yes, its my first post. It's also my second month trading (equities) and now I want to enter it as a career because I've become obsessed with the challenge. I'm a recent engineering grad from the Univ. of Texas in Austin, and I've always seen myself as smarter than most and I want...
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