What can I do with a degree in finance.....
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u noe...Originally posted by charlize:Do what makes you happy but balance it with the fact that you will find it hard to survive in Singapore without that Fucking piece of paper.
Living your life the way you want to live is the most important thing, so if you have to pay small prices along the way it's not important.
You don't want to look back when you are 55, wishing you had done this or that when you were younger.
Ultimately, your life is yours to live.
i agree with u..
if i dun go for that Fucking piece of paper, i'd definitely regret it for the rest of my life.. I wanted to be a trader... I was so sure I was on the right path.. until they changed my course...
and when i checked with unis in other countries... no advance standing
and when i look at the course structure... Fuck.. I can learn all the stuff myself... on my own... Module 5 n 9 can be taken with Singapore College of Insurance.. and what eva covered... are kinda shallow... shallow enuff for me to be able to learn more in the same amount of time by reading up US-based text books myself. (The theories are the same, I've checked)
I dun want to spend a few thousands of dollars "learning" sth that can only help me get a job that involves hittin quotas.. which is sth that i detest absolutely...
most of my frenz who graduate from the course ( i dropped out halfway) are doin accounts/administrative work... in case u guys are wondering
uncle dragg... my frenz found jobs liao... in response to some other thread where i mentioned they can't find jobs..
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u can get married and have some kids then tell them their mama got a degree in finance lor.....
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har?Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):u can get married and have some kids then tell them their mama for a degree in finance lor.....
tell them their mama for a degree?
u mean got a degree is it?
hmm seriously... i tink... i dunno what i wanna do in the future liaoz
feeling rather lost..
is this what one will experience when approachin 21 bday? -
You can manage your household finance
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Originally posted by SnowFlag:You can manage your household finance
i'm not disciplined enuff...
i'm good at budgetting.... but not good at all.... when it comes to sayin no to buying useless stuff...
like.... pens when i've got 20 other pens in my bag.. -
I got no disposible income for investing.Originally posted by charlize:So you see how many people are selling bank products, useful or otherwise, to Singaporeans?
Now tell me how many structured products, unit trusts or equity linked notes do you need in your investment portfolio? -
Wah...grad at 25 wit degree...
I be slightly younger that that wen I grad I hav a fren who went back studyin at 21 to do her phd..cos her current employer (Biopolis) value paper more than knowledge. Its a sad world that we need a piece of paper to show we r competent. -
I am quite forgetful and always lose pens, so I don't buy pens for a long time liaoOriginally posted by shinta:
i'm not disciplined enuff...
i'm good at budgetting.... but not good at all.... when it comes to sayin no to buying useless stuff...
like.... pens when i've got 20 other pens in my bag.. -
Wah.. at 21, your life sounds quite 'jing cai' already..Originally posted by shinta:u noe...
i agree with u..
if i dun go for that Fucking piece of paper, i'd definitely regret it for the rest of my life.. I wanted to be a trader... I was so sure I was on the right path.. until they changed my course... and when i checked with unis in other countries... no advance standing
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most of my frenz who graduate from the course ( i dropped out halfway) are doin accounts/administrative work... in case u guys are wondering
Is there any chance that you get back to the course which you dropped out of? i mean, since you've completed it halfway, might as well finish it right. Maybe u could have some arrangement with the uni to do it part time?
IMO, getting a worthless piece of paper, is better than no paper at all.. (U neva know when a Degree in Toilet Bowl Cleaning may come in handy
). It may not be in the area you want. But then, a lot of ppl I know dun end up in the field they graduated in. -
PMLee, Prime Minister pay so low ah..Originally posted by PMLEE:I got no disposible income for investing. -
My wife control my $$ le..Originally posted by k4korny:PMLee, Prime Minister pay so low ah..
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And lost them like peanuts?Originally posted by PMLEE:My wife control my $$ le.. -
hmm..Originally posted by k4korny:Wah.. at 21, your life sounds quite 'jing cai' already..
Is there any chance that you get back to the course which you dropped out of? i mean, since you've completed it halfway, might as well finish it right. Maybe u could have some arrangement with the uni to do it part time?
IMO, getting a worthless piece of paper, is better than no paper at all.. (U neva know when a Degree in Toilet Bowl Cleaning may come in handy ). It may not be in the area you want. But then, a lot of ppl I know dun end up in the field they graduated in.
jing cai? in what sense?
i rather do w/o this kinda jing cai... affected me in certain ways.. tho it gave me a "what can be worse than ....." kinda attitude
my course was with NYP.. not a uni.. no, i'm not gg to complete it. even if they let me do so for free... i'd be wasting my time. rather do sth else from scratch.
if i went on to finish the course, i'd be holding a diploma in financial services (what i did was crap.. i learned more stuff from the library books published way back in 1995 than lectures by lecturers who dunno how to teach or pass information down to students.. ) and working as web admin...
did i mention i got a job immediately n didn went thru the jobless phase?
so i dun see how my choice earlier was.. what do u call it.. not a good one.
hmmmmmmmmmmmm
if they didn change the course structure, i wouldn have stick it thru even if it meant walking to nyp's campus from yishun.
i didn retake my o levels to do sth i have no interest in... heck i could have done so at my first try... at least i'd be doin IT -
If you are sexy enough, JP Morgan Chase and Temasek Holdings will be VERY interested in you. I suggest you take part in many beauty pageants and win them if you intend to work in the financial industry.Originally posted by shinta:at age 30?
assuming i just graduated..
A starting salary of 5k a month plus random rewards of profit sharing, stock options, 6 month bonuses and salary increments is something many ladies will die for. -
got i mean. hahah typoOriginally posted by shinta:har?
tell them their mama for a degree?
u mean got a degree is it?
hmm seriously... i tink... i dunno what i wanna do in the future liaoz
feeling rather lost..
is this what one will experience when approachin 21 bday? -
jing cai, in the sense that it's full of ups and downs..Originally posted by shinta:hmm..
jing cai? in what sense?
i rather do w/o this kinda jing cai... affected me in certain ways.. tho it gave me a "what can be worse than ....." kinda attitude
my course was with NYP.. not a uni.. no, i'm not gg to complete it. even if they let me do so for free... i'd be wasting my time. rather do sth else from scratch.
if i went on to finish the course, i'd be holding a diploma in financial services (what i did was crap.. i learned more stuff from the library books published way back in 1995 than lectures by lecturers who dunno how to teach or pass information down to students.. ) and working as web admin...
did i mention i got a job immediately n didn went thru the jobless phase?
so i dun see how my choice earlier was.. what do u call it.. not a good one.
hmmmmmmmmmmmm
if they didn change the course structure, i wouldn have stick it thru even if it meant walking to nyp's campus from yishun. i didn retake my o levels to do sth i have no interest in... heck i could have done so at my first try... at least i'd be doin IT
U learn more abt yourself and life in general this way ba..
although most ppl would rather that they dun want to go thru this kind of experience.
I din say that your choice was a bad one.. What I meant was that a paper qualification in something that you dun like, is better than nothing.. esp. when it comes to promotion and job change. At least you can bargain for a better pay.
For me, I grad in Engineering. but my first job was in software programming (which is what I'm better at). I got the job cos of some of the stuff i did on my own during my uni days. Altho what I studied is completely unrelated, I'm still drawing the pay of a grad.. As compared to if i had quit school and got a programmer job, I would have been paid much lower. -
Originally posted by shade343:If you are sexy enough, JP Morgan Chase and Temasek Holdings will be VERY interested in you. I suggest you take part in many beauty pageants and win them if you intend to work in the financial industry.
A starting salary of 5k a month plus random rewards of profit sharing, stock options, 6 month bonuses and salary increments is something many ladies will die for.
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ah...Originally posted by k4korny:jing cai, in the sense that it's full of ups and downs..
U learn more abt yourself and life in general this way ba.. although most ppl would rather that they dun want to go thru this kind of experience.
I din say that your choice was a bad one.. What I meant was that a paper qualification in something that you dun like, is better than nothing.. esp. when it comes to promotion and job change. At least you can bargain for a better pay.
For me, I grad in Engineering. but my first job was in software programming (which is what I'm better at). I got the job cos of some of the stuff i did on my own during my uni days. Altho what I studied is completely unrelated, I'm still drawing the pay of a grad.. As compared to if i had quit school and got a programmer job, I would have been paid much lower.
hmmz
well i started a thread in AA.. cos i'm now thinkin of what to do with my future..
and happy to say that i got the same $$ as my other frenz with a dip -
Im serious you know...my lecturer was the one that say that. He say that pretty girls are best suited to work in the financial industry. Just look at those Fund Managers. They dress more like models than office workers.Originally posted by shinta: -
which lecturer?Originally posted by shade343:Im serious you know...my lecturer was the one that say that. He say that pretty girls are best suited to work in the financial industry. Just look at those Fund Managers. They dress more like models than office workers. -
personal bankers.. those who are really good lookin can try out as a personal banker. not only must they be real good in what they do, but their good looks tend to make it easier for them (who dun wan to see chiobu or yandao?)
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what can you do with a degree in finance..... u can wash dishes, sweep the floor or go into MLM!!!
Newsweek did a survey or interview with the CEOs of fortune 500 companies several yrs ago on the preferred college degrees to take. 1st Engineering, 2nd Economics. So why waste time of a degree in finance? Unless you are not interested in any of those twos, then finance is fine.. -
poly lecturer. her daughter is working for JP Morgan Chase.Originally posted by shinta:which lecturer? -
hmmz...Originally posted by leddy:what can you do with a degree in finance..... u can wash dishes, sweep the floor or go into MLM!!!
Newsweek did a survey or interview with the CEOs of fortune 500 companies several yrs ago on the preferred college degrees to take. 1st Engineering, 2nd Economics. So why waste time of a degree in finance? Unless you are not interested in any of those twos, then finance is fine..
can do just macro economics anot?
that one is so much easier than micro
former got a B+, latter got a D
that's how big a diff -
im tokking bout econs as a degree...you gotta do both man! micro is more theory, macro is more interesting coz u can see the direct relation to the real economy. anyway, according to my lecturer, econs is only interesting in the 3rd-4th yr. that's where u start to study global developments, behavioural economics, etc. first 2 yrs are mainly theories, maths and stuff. I'm gonna do a minor in econs, majoring in engineering. I'm not interested in life as an engineer, but im glad I stuck to engineering instead of switching to accounting or biz, I see so many ppl jumping to accounting or biz becoz it's the more 'hot' course. Singapore has such a small finance sector, you gonna compete with lot of ppl. Engineering jobs also alot of competition, but at least u are more versatile. there's alot of engineers in the biz and finance sectors. my friend's dad is a trader in UOB, used to work as chemical engineer. but if u no interest in science, or at least decent knowledge in science, then dont take engineering coz it's a very heavy subject. but like how i always console myself....Real man study engineering....