Which type do you belong to?

There are different types of Finance people. There’s those who live, breathe and eat Finance, they’re excited and consumed by the theories, news and happenings. There are those who are in it to get well-paying jobs. There are those who wants a piece of the action and those that are pressurised to be in Finance because everyone else is doing it.

There are those who likes to read, practise it but will rather not work in the field. On the other hand, there are those who wants to work in the field but do not have the capabilities, skills, knowledge and even luck.

Then, there are some who simply cannot understand the finance concepts and yet, is working in the field. Some who hate and abhor it and some who simply cannot be bothered by it.

Which type are you ?

On occupations.

So, someone said that I should introduce myself more. Well, I am a product of a local business school and was schooled in pretty decent schools along the way. I enrolled into the school and fell in love with Finance. But finance whiz-kid, I’m not. Instead, I am the girl who struggles to do her every assignments and no matter how much she studies, always clams up during exams. But exams are a thing of the past.

I am looking forward to start work and weighing my options on job offers. I can’t decide what I want to do and which job will be right for me.

As I said, I am a product of a local University and in my school, almost everyone is obsessed with entering a bank. It’s scary, sad and I say this with no judgements. I don’t know if this is part of becoming an adult but whatever happened to dreams and passion?

I have a friend who gave me this fantastic piece of advice and till today, I think it still is the best piece of career advice I have heard. “Doesn’t matter what you do, just make sure you like it. As long as you’re the top 5% of your profession, you have it made.”