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Does trading your own portfolio successfully look good to hirers?
- Thread starter DarkProtoman
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Quote from scriabinop23:
$500, $5000.... doesn't matter. it is too little infer anything meaningful other than the fact you understand the basic mechanics of placing trades. I wouldn't even bother mentioning it other than to make the point you have some basic experience placing trades and a basic understanding of options.
I find this curious...wouldn't it convey a basic interest in the subject matter? There are all kinds of people who apply for work they are clearly not really interested in, just so they can eat. But maybe it is not like that at these funds, I don't know; maybe all their applicants trade for themselves.
Hey, I like your handle! Do you play the sonata?
Quote from drcha:
Hi--
There is a big dichotomy in your list of possible careers. I hope you will not mind if I offer some friendly advice. I realize you are not soliciting advice, but I hate to see young people work hard and succeed at getting somewhere, then realize that they don't really want to be there.
For the last six years I have worked with a lot of people with advanced science degrees. Most of them are now working in clinical research with me (i.e. not really using their degrees) because they like people. Most folks who like people are bored by bench research. Are you a people person? What is the best part of your day? Is it doing the ultrasounds, or is it shooting the shit with the person you are scanning? This is the question you have to ask yourself. If you want to hang around in a lab all day playing with potions and instruments, go for molecular bio. If you don't, medical school is a reasonable idea.
I have also been to medical school. No one on the admissions committees cares what your undergraduate degree is in. They care about your grades, your MCAT, your letters of recommendation, your interview/personality and your extracurricular activities. If those are excellent, you will get in, whether you're a molecular bio major or an art history major.
True! However, he will have a much easier path and better chance of making it through if he majors in molecular biology rather than art history. He will also do better on the MCAT depending on how much emphasis is placed on the quantitative section.