^Seriously? You pass your CFA then join the marines? Crazy.
yeah, swan. i have tremendous respect for those serving in the military, but i hope this is one you’ve thought really long and hard about… whatever you decide, good luck. i liked your cross country hitch hike idea better.
Well, it’s been one of those things I’ve had on the back burner of my mind for the past 5-6 years. I’ve always said if all jobs paid the same I’d be a Marine. But I chose the finance path because I wanted to go to New York, make solid money for family and such and be challenged by my job. I gained a lot from the CFA process and my Masters degree and such but right now the jobs aren’t there and I while I think things will level out I don’t believe they’ll rebound. So the choices are either accounting (where I can live in cubicles through my mid thirties developing a potbelly and lacking any real challenge in my life) or I can join the marines as a second lieutenant, take a pay cut and make leadership decisions in a fast paced environment. The pay sucks but the intrinsic rewards and adrenaline are huge.
By the way, you guys should check out the movie called “The Hurt Locker” this weekend. It’s pretty good.
just heard about that movie today… i’m not the one to stop you if you feel that is your calling. i know a guy who was in the marines and has been in both afganistan and iraq and just returned last year. he will be 25 this year. (he is starting grad school but can be recalled any time.) you just have to be ready to see all this stuff really happen. he has killed people and has seen his friends die. i know you’ve probably put a lot of thought into it, and i honestly am not trying to lecture you… but just make sure you’re really really ready for it… and if you decide you are, i will wish you good luck and keep you in my thoughts.
If I sign up it will most likely be through OCS with camp in either next March or next October, so I definitely have time to think about it and get in condition.
Everyone around me thinks I passed. I don’t know. Now that LI results are out I am freaking out. What’s the point in waiting. I don’t get it. The papers are already graded. Damn them!!!
ValueAddict Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Everyone around me thinks I passed. I don’t know. > Now that LI results are out I am freaking out. > What’s the point in waiting. I don’t get it. The > papers are already graded. Damn them!!! anxiety has doubled since the L1 results came out… and everyday i’m feeling more and more like i might have failed. i’m sure it’s a common feeling around this time. or i hope.
I thought I already posted here, but apparently I have not. The question(s) I missed in the am were not for big money and I think I did very well in the pm, so I’m fairly confident but only time will tell. Black Swan, if you decide to join the Marines makes sure it’s something that you want to do and it has nothing to do with pressure a recruiter puts on you or the positive way that they spin things. I went to college with a former recruiter and he told me that there was a lot of pressure for them to recruit (of all things) so they’d tell potential candidates anything. In fact one of my Facebook friends (i.e. someone I haven’t seen in 5 years) just got out of the army, I could probably put you in contact with him to hear what really goes down over there if you don’t already have someone like that.
Stop staring at me schwan.
Some things don’t change.
Just came around trying to figure out what I needed to do to become member of institute and society, but I found the old email. Place looks rather quiet, except for General Discussion which has turned into a romper room…Chad might as well bring back the “Off Topic” section; those were the days!