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I'm kinda in that position where you realise that if you had been better informed, you probably would not have choosen commerce in hindsight, but you have stuck with it as its been easy + semi-enjoyable, yet the thought of actually working in the plethora of mediocre commerce jobs in the city...

If you had almost completed a B Com (finance) what further study would you undertake? I'd like to do another degree and broaden my interests away from the purely commercial field (lost a bit of interest), so doing a double major + hons is down on my list. If you could choose from, BSci...

Management or HR major would be even more suitable for O Psych (majors in employment relations, bus. law or even info systems & statistics are good too) It is a competitive field to enter. You will need to do an accredited "fourth year" in psychology, either honours or a postgraduate diploma...

Adding to the strong case for a legislative Bill of Rights.

Sounds more like you should become an actuary to me. Thats where you will use this stuff.

He was also 22 yrs old, had a BCommerce (economics + finance), was on 100k a year, working decent hours and living at home lol.

I'm sure it is dry lol Yeah thats what I figured. I admit I'm naive in understanding this complex trading world, it seems very politicised. On that though, I remember mentioning say Optiver to Velox on here once before and he said it wasn't considered a "full trader" job they are more...

Question, on the trading side of things, do you mean specific math knowledge or the high-level logical thinking skills that come with a maths degree> I asked a previous trader what background the best colleague he ever worked with came from... with little surprise his answer was a BA...

I guess my post was referencing more the "traditional banker" (M&A) roles that most people think of as being an IB'er. Just from people I have asked, none of them had a strong maths background nor used any complicated maths on the job- it was all law, financial regulations and statements...

In reference to the discussion are you quantitative guys wanting "front-office" IB jobs? Eg Studentleader what exact job do you want? As the guy above said, you barely need any deep mathematics to be an actual Investment Banker, I'd say it is more stamina and communication skills. So are you...

The stock standard bite back at "new age atheism"- full of misinformation, misconceptions and most importantly misrepresentations. Is there not any irony that the outrightly Jewish author who fears the unleashing of the "evils" of science and technology, linking atheism incorrectly to Hitler...

Indeed :D He is a Hitchens wannabe, spouting the very dogmatism we chuckled at.

I think I could have summarised what I tried to say earlier by this question: If truth is unattainable, is self-delusion not only pragmatic but required? Edit: I'm aptly reminded of a passage in a River out of Eden where Dawkins says that jsut because we can ask the question "does life...

Yea was thinking similar things, but I definitely think chemistry is a must.

Also, you seem to love Kant. Don't you think the whole "categorical imperative" would fail pragmatically?

Haha, pierce brosnan Oh this is a question I need to forward to the psychologist certainly. I'm not "immature" but I'm self-admittedly "excited" by dogmatism: there is something beautiful about feeling your closer then others to the "truth" in the same way you feel if you had extra hints...

In the most broadest sense, Kfunk why do you bother to live, neverlone "seek knowledge" if in many ways you have already learned knowledge can't be fully acquired (paradox there I think: how can this be true under nihilism?)? I mentioned this at the dinner table once and the folks got...

hmm "a state of robust tranquility" would be lovely. Honestly, your the doc-to-be, I'll anonymously admit that I feel deeply disturbed without answers, its almost a paranoid rift in my psychology. I find what you seem to enjoy, queezy and uneasy (though I could learn to live with it). If I...

I'd classify myslef firstly as an ignostic, but if I'm willing to lax my first barrier, I'm an unsettled agnostic sipping the straw of probabilistic atheism, a similar position to Albert Ellis the great American Psychologist. Without the requisite philosophical background I stuggle to...

I like your approach, your reflection on god is as you say sympathetic and interesting, but its also beautiful as you treat it as though its simply a philosophical concept X existing as a possible element with our universe ( a set) or beyond. I have similar contemplations, yet I would go...