very cool & strong young person

good evening,

just started a job at an independent advisory firm that i got as a result of nepotism. interned at their BD's corporate HQ last year & had a positive experience. excited & appreciative of the opportunity. passed my Series 7 last month, taking the 66 august 1st

graduated with a bachelors in computational mathematics, thus many people i talk to are suggesting quantitative shit in NY, london, etc though i am under-qualified and not interested enough to make anything happen. it is intriguing though.

i'm very skeptical of this industry and most of the goons in it. i don't think being a VP at any of these monster firms is enviable but i do admire the work ethic & dedication. it's just not for me. the appeal of the independent advisor corner of the industry is the flexibility to run your own show as you see fit and work from wherever with a netbook and a cell phone.

what i do like is the hard math side of things and the bigger picture risk modeling. nassim taleb, mark spitznagel, seth klarman. i blast through as many white papers and books by these guys as i can. i would like to get better at sniffing out bullshit (people, products, ideas, etc), as we are frequently presented with it. our firm does a lot of cool insurance stuff (831b captives, section 79 plans, etc) and i really dig the intersection of insurance and investments.

i hope some of you are in similar positions and i look forward to reading what y'all have to say, and occasionally contributing small pieces of shit-smelling thought garbage

REGARDS,

robbo