How did you find out what career path in finance you wanted to take?

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Trial and error or talking to people who do the jobs you’re interested in

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The Great Recession hit and my entire institutional sales desk got laid off. I went from trading to management after a handful of licenses because there were zero openings for trading for a few years.

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What do you do now? Sales or trading?

It found me.

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yes pleaseee!

Did a variety of internships in college so I got a taste of stuff I like and didn’t like as much. I’m only 1.5 years out of undergrad and enjoy what I’m doing now, but who knows what’ll happen? I’ve been told that for many, career path isn’t always a defined straight line you’d think of. Part of the fun I guess 🤷‍♀️

FP&A in a high growth company

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It also found me.

Luck of the draw

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