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Sophomore or Junior year - something like that. "Wall Street" was always trading before that. 

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21 - Final semester of junior year. Never heard of it until I watched American Psycho (as sad as that is). Prior to that, thought the only jobs in finance was either being a financial advisor or an accountant (grew up in a very rural area, high school class size of ~ 140).

 
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Mom had me listening to Damadoran valuations instead of Mozart in the womb

haha that's hardcore bro

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