no those that do not go to college are forced to be loyal and become stuck. They have no FU factor. We are talking about employment here, not being an entreprenuer.
I see your point in that case. Yes, as far as raw employee material, yes I agree with you. They are cattle.
And for the record, I said that thing about you being worse than Timbo just to add dramatic effect- I didn't really mean you were literally dumber than Timbo. That would be a very high bar to clear.
Like reaver said, they are cattle. So I guess college is the difference between DUMB CATTLE and SMART CATTLE. End of the day they all get butchered. LOL. Just one knew it was coming and let it happen... Hmmm... That makes it seem to me that the college cattle are the educated fools... I dont know. Just random ramblings of a foolish trader. LOL....
Personally, I think it depends on the trading position or role you want to have. We do the due diligence for different types of FX traders for a group of hedge funds. They will fund a good trader that has verifiable statements even if he doesn't have a college degree. There is a lot of demand now for FX guys who can generate alpha. Although a college degree looks good on a resume, trading ability and experience are by far more important. IMHO, a college degree doesn't really teach you how to trade. I generally recommend it; but not if a trader is already successful and looking for institutional capital. It's like telling Lebron James to go back to college because it's going to help his game. I know this is not a perfect example, but I just had to use it.
I don't have a degree but I spent 40+ years doing software engineering for a number of companies like SDC, CSC, Lockheed, ITT, etc. For the past 6 years I've been trading equities and I've made more money doing it then I ever did in computers. Actually, I think programming was good preparation for trading in many respects (both require attention to detail and discipline). Anyway, I recall some guy going on and on about the merits of a college degree and I finally got tired of it and I asked him if he really thought that Bobby Fisher would have been a better chess player if he had had the advantage of a college degree? Bobby Fisher was world champion at the time. Needless to say, that was the end of that discussion
Rival, nice posting .. I have been in computers for 20yrs and I am ready for the jump to trading. Like yourself I'll be able to write my own tools ... we'll see hw it pans out ...
Thanks for the compliment. I use a very simple approach to trading and it has served me well but I have to admit that I've been intrigued with the idea of writing some tools. Most of my software experience was in real-time telemetry processing and the concept of scanning for "set-ups" in real-time really appeals to me. I wish you the best in your future trading career.