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If given a go back would you choose a different career? For everyone who has/did finance as an career would you go back for another career like becoming a doctor,lawyer or engineer? For everyone else vice-versa?
If so/not why?
If given a go back would you choose a different career? For everyone who has/did finance as an career would you go back for another career like becoming a doctor,lawyer or engineer? For everyone else vice-versa?
If so/not why?
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Anyone who would go back and become a lawyer is a fool.
Doctor/engineer would be cool though...
Finance is not much more than a game. You either play, or you get played. That's it. Sometimes it gets pretty nasty. Do you like games?
I love games...but I didn't realize I would be playing one for my livelihood. So...
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