presenting myself briefly. yes.
I'm not going to eternalize my writing on boring contextual references, i was born in canada, had a norwegian mother and been mostly educated in the french system (chauvinism is my thing). While I'm not especially trying to sound particularly serious, I'm simply wondering if you had some good financial history and theory books to recommend in order to fulfill my intellectual pursuits on the subject?
I also have some questions to you guys about what you believe makes a good investment banker and what kind of mentality he has to develop (or innately posses) in order to pursue a fulfilling career in this field?
Will the fact that I'm currently finishing my last year of high school in Paris in a private school specialized with precocious youth education (took some IQ tests right before getting expelled from my previous private high school in Montréal and managed to jump back into the french system) and dropped out from Canadian high exactly 8 times in 3 years (was pursuing a science pre-university degree in Oslo before moving back to my home town); Okey, this sentence in getting out of control but what I was basically trying to say is - how much does personal history and past experiences influence: 1. the essay I'm going to write for uni and 2. the version I'll have to give of myself to a potential employer in that domain?
First: I used to trade options (FRO's) and contracts (CFD's) part time while at CEGEP, making or losing money irregularly (giving credit to my cyclothymic temperament for that one I guess), but ended up considering the whole internet based trading platform thing a big scam (I had a discussion with an institutional trader who worked for BMO at some point and was amazed to hear about the the lack of psychological understanding this guy was actually expressing - do you only consider math and physics to be relevant or does psych and even socio have things to say about market behaviour? I obviously get the economics part - even though I'm more of a behaviourist than anything else, but what field of science explains finance in its most sincere way (don't say *finance* because it sounds right, nor accounting, they're not real domains of research).
I have travelled a lot (my father works in foreign affairs within the world bank group) and speak 3 languages fluently (that being french, english, norwegian and I have 7 years of german behind me).
I guess it doesn't come as a huge surprise when I say that my strongest subjects are history and philosophy, although my grades do skyrocket when I really try to study in the other courses (I'm averaging between Assez Bien and Bien right now, but am conscious about getting my grades up before the BAC).
How is the system in France actually?
I hear that Dauphine is pretty strong in that kind of thing - what are your thoughts?
Dude no offence, but you sound so fucking pretentious. I can feel the pretentiousness oozing off your paragraphs. Anyways,what do you really want? you want to work in finance or what? you want recommendations on where to study?
yes exactly! I hear that sciences po has a finance curriculum - is it good? also what are the main considerations in the IB sector (I understand grades and personal motivation is important but what are the other main factors? I'm simply trying to understand the kind of person I'm supposed to act like when interviewed?
sorry for the literary rants, didn't expect to be taken to seriously when posting the entry.. (and I do not really indulge in self loathing fantasies if I may express it that way? ;) )
It all depends on where you want to work really. If you want to work in the U.S schools are divided between "targets" and "non-targets" the main difference between them being that important firms recruit future interns/employees from "target" schools. It's not necessary to graduate from a target school to work at an important company but it helps a lot in the job search. Grades and motivation are important but they mean nothing if you are not networking and improving skills on your own. If I were i'd try to get into the best French or Canadian University and work myself from there.
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I hope for the sake of humanity that OP is a troll
What just happened wtf
Jesus H. Fucking Christ
Go to the roof and take the quick way down
1) Well, that was "brief". 2) You're not gonna get into Sciences Po with an "average between Assez Bien and Bien". 3) Did you go to LCC (in Montreal)? Lol
brébeuf?!
working on my way to TB an the end of the year though... long term...
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