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They all assume I'm good at mental math and have great stock picks. I excel at being below average for both of those skills
Yes!
They ask for advice on investments and how to allocate their 401k, I’ve started just saying I work in customer service and leave the finance part out
They assume I work in finance when I really work in accounting
Bean counter
They assume I’m good at mental math and make fun of finance bro memes and ask me if I have Patagonia vests
I'm a 6'3 POC with several tattoos, and people usually seem very surprised when I tell them that I work in finance.
Are you me?
Chief
“People, people. Don’t get it twisted, I’m on the sell side! After I move over to the buy side, then we can talk about money…”
Yes- some people think I make a lot of 💰
I work in FP&A with above average pay for my level. I believe there is always room to grow in any discipline
They want to know how to stop getting so much damn Capital One credit card offers in the mail.
They assume I am very wealthy, intelligent, and ivy-league educated. Which they are right about me because I come from a very wealthy family in Atherton, California and hold an AB in Economics, MBA, and JD all with summa cum laude honors from Harvard University that was all obtained before age 24. But my top executive management position at Goldman Sachs makes me between 3 and 5 million a year, but I really do not consider those numbers wealth and I am only 30 years old. I am a minority (African-American and Moroccan male). Trust me when I tell you this I do look like I am ivy-league educated and wealthy. 😃
That I'm rich, and that I personally caused the housing crash. I was 10 when Bear went to the farm upstate.
They assume I somehow interact with their account
Mostly people stare at me blankly because they don’t know what “working in finance” means or entails haha
They assume I can personally guarantee them to be financed for anything!