most challenging stuff that you struggle with as analyst

[MFEMSF]

It’s just we never organazied our data in that sense. We decline people’s applications for 20 different reasons but we do not have the information on which specific reason on the algorithm hierarchy they sepecifically hit 2 years ago.

[Galli]

@purealpha

@jasonaqua

Looks like there are a lot of analysts here. I am starting out as financial analyst, just want to know what’s ahead of me. What’s the most challenging stuff you struggle with in your job?

To actually answer the question… I’m a lifer, been at it for many years. I guess the only persistent problem I’ve encountered; high level recipients of the analyses (the decision makers) who aren’t able to comprehend the analyses. That was more a problem in the early days, as you work with smarter people and become better at communicating the results it becomes less of a problem, but it still occasionally comes up. While there are plenty of super smart people in decision making positions, there are also a lot of dipshits. Ivy leaguers in the top 1% of income, who can’t do arithmetic. Go figure.

I was going to post something similar. Sometimes I wonder if they can do arithmetic but just don’t care.

[rawraw]

Earnings season is rough. The companies in my space all report right on top of each other for a few reasons, which means it’s an extremely rough 5 or so days every quarter. Having a couple before the open, with a couple after the close makes for really early mornings and late nights.

[system]

@Galli

Sometimes I wonder if they can do arithmetic but just don’t care.

True, I worked in subprime and saw that.

Sometimes they don’t want to say that they saw the numbers…

[igor555]

@rawraw

Earnings season is rough. The companies in my space all report right on top of each other for a few reasons, which means it’s an extremely rough 5 or so days every quarter. Having a couple before the open, with a couple after the close makes for really early mornings and late nights.

are we talking lines here?

[Viceroy]

From a technical point of view, the most challenging aspect in my career has been to fix project finance models where no matter how you tailor your debt, your debt ratios end up blowing up.

It’s usually a formula anomaly but it can take hours to figure out.