Hi wabu, Our household has been watching a lot of K-dramas the past couple of years and is slowly learning Korean. My probably not quite correct interpretation of your post is "I can't..." or "I don't..." and I can see that you've had a tough couple of days. Hang in there and keep learning, especially about risk management. I've followed your unusual story for a while now and hope you make it. Best wishes to you, and Fighting!!
This is the internet...its very difficult to make a determination via message posts if someone is suitable for military life. Yet, he did give a few clues...he was "almost" a LAPD (police officer) until caught smoking weed. Also, he mention talking to a recruiter. Most recruiters I knew would size someone up quickly after meeting that person and will then "discourage" the person not to join if the recruiter saw qualities not suitable for the military. Further, he mention his high scores on pre military tests along with the fact that he talked about OCS (Officer Candidate School). That's something not taken likely and a recruiter will never go that route in conversations if they felt the person wasn't suitable... Unless its an bad / inexperience recruiter. The military could give him that valuable time, paying off his debts (although they're small in my opinion) and get further education (free) including setting him up for a back door access into Hedge Funds (internships while serving for his country). My point, we do not personally know wabu27 to tell him if the military is suitable or not. Yet, from my experience in the military...as long as he's not trying to become an elite soldier (e.g. Army Ranger, AirAssault)... He could end up getting a nice boring desk job (a step down from his high scores), continuing into MBA and fine tune his trading skills on his free time all while serving in the military with them paying for almost all of it. P.S. The three best Army Air Assault Rangers I know...their academic degree from college were finance, psychology and engineering. All very athletic and looking for adventures on the physical side. I haven't seen any clues in wabu27 message posts for me to give him any direct contact info for such. My point, even someone with a finance degree does not limit their potential in the military. In fact, he didn't mention anything about doing anything beyond just being a normal soldier. In fact, working in a military finance department is not bad at all...it'll allow him to go after those other goals he mentioned. Just don't smoke any weed. wrbtrader
@wrbtrader what about that Army Recruiter, it must be a cushy safe 9-5 job, can you sign up to be one?
I don't know and I didn't have any friends that were a recruiter. Also, I grew up in a military family. Didn't need to be recruiter when I graduated from college but I did had to go to the recruitment office to sign paper work and give her some verification info even though she knew my family background. The other recruiter (guy) didn't have much to say to me except to ask me what I wanted to do and if I was going to compete. wrbtrader
wabu...I know some people who are gambling addicts, and you are a gambling addict. If you really worked in private equity, which I don't believe that you did unless you were the secretary, you would know that what you're doing is stupid for a variety of reasons. You have a serious problem.
Yes its a cushy job. Normally recruiters have at least one enlistment under their belt and have to retrain for the position. Its a position to keep good people in the military. A perk.
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