Does anyone on the board know of anyone working a finance position in any of the above government agencies? I was visiting family over the weekend and my uncle encouraged me to look into white collar crime investigation honing my finance skills as he has done. This area is of interest as I did apply for the FBI white collar crime division after college. After speaking to him about it, I’m looking into it. I thought I’d check with the board to see if any further insight is available.
I applied to the CIA via their website after reading an article that they were specifically looking for people with hedge fund experience. I fit all their requirements and true to form got zero response from them.
JohnThainsLimoDriver Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I applied to the CIA via their website after > reading an article that they were specifically > looking for people with hedge fund experience. I > fit all their requirements and true to form got > zero response from them. I know what could’ve given more credit to your application… Those pictures you took in the park - shows your spying skills.
JTLD, Do you feel a government job would be alright overall? I could really see myself doing something like this and resting easy at night knowing I’m helping out and doing good in the world (however minuscule it is).
Or maybe my persuasive skills in getting KarenC to show off her pics.
QuantJock_MBA Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > JTLD, > > Do you feel a government job would be alright > overall? I could really see myself doing > something like this and resting easy at night > knowing I’m helping out and doing good in the > world (however minuscule it is). Depends what you mean by “alright.” You ain’t gonna get rich doing it. The job I was applying to maxed out at $200K base salary and they were looking for people with senior-level hedge fund experience who wouldn’t even get out of bed for $200K. On the flip side you can be one of those people that boasts about a “steady job with great benefits and lots of vacation time.” I don’t know anything about the pros and cons of working for the government other than the fact that they are generally not known for employing the rocket scientists of the world. On the one hand you’re working with idiots, but on the other hand it won’t take much for you to look like a genius.
when I was in college, one of my acct professor encouraged me to work for IRS as a tax agent. As far as I know, you are getting paid a decent salary, very good benefits, and retirement security. Downside is that your work pace is slow and you will never never be making anywhere close to what your friends in private sector make in the long run. And as a bonus, you do get to pack heat.
$tarving_Banker Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And as a bonus, you do get to pack heat. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention this perk too. My gf was looking at accounting jobs on their site and even the accountants get to carry gats.
I know IRS has been looking for people for transfer pricing in the Philly - NYC area recently. Probably more accounting than finance, but a 9mm is a 9mm.
JohnThainsLimoDriver Wrote: I don’t know > anything about the pros and cons of working for > the government other than the fact that they are > generally not known for employing the rocket > scientists of the world. You just pissed off some people at NASA
How about exit opps? One would think that having worked within the IRS, the private sector accounting firms would hound one with internal knowledge/names. Yes?
Dunno, I have yet to come across a hedge fund CFO or COO with an IRS background though. Maybe more on the controller level.
A lot of people there will stay. The benefit of working for those organization in the first place is job security and retirement, so a lot of people don’t like move once they got in. That is not to say once you are in, you are in for life.