Math student, dish washer, maintenance worker, army infantry, tow truck driver, dispatcher, sales, technician, supervisor, canvasser, electronics manufacturing business owner/op. Max
Before, SOES trading in 1995, I was a financial consultant / stockbroker for approx 6 years. All of the success and knowledge I attained during that time, served as nothing more than a mental handicap. I mistakingly thought I would be head and shoulders (pardon the pun) above the rest. I saw landscapers, postal workers, cops, and housewives who barely knew the difference between preferred stock and livestock that were printing money. That was the initial seduction, I was thinking "I'm going to take so much money from these poor bastards!" I was soon humbled, and learned only through experience that it takes alot more than a Wall Street background to be a successful trader. Fortunately, I reached consistent weekly profitability after only 3-months in January 1996 , and have not had a losing week since. During my long experience (relative to the age of point and click trading), I can say that almost every single person with a Wall St background who I have met, taught and mentored has the toughest and longest learning curve, since they spend at least 6-months battling their ego. Those with no related background fare much better, they don't have the preconceived notions.
We were on a float in the Red Sea when we exfill'd out of Lebanon in 1983 = Ugly MF'ing shizznit! Other than that no. I was Reagan Marine, back then all of our workups were gamed against whacking Commies. I felt sorry for you guys in Somalia. You could just see that was eventually going to turn into "two monkeys f**king a beachball." I'm glad you guys were gone when it got ugly. What your AO? I'm SoCal soon to be Lake Tahoe. Dr. Zhivodka
You caught me. Let's see how I get out of this one: When I worked at academia and Wall Street, I did not understand how the system worked. For ten years, I paid no attention to politics, always ready to switch jobs to seek the perfect working environment. Of course, this is daydreaming --- Eden does not exist.......