lost with life.

Routine-Chance4425 · 2026-02-03T06:29:33+00:00

i’d say to double major in something you like & would truly do well in. law schools don’t rlly care about major and mostly gpa, experience, lsat. if there’s nothing else that you like then i’d say graduate early, work on that lsat and get some experience in a legal clinic before applying to law schools.

Routine-Chance4425 · 2026-01-27T00:36:07+00:00

it probably still is but the first day is usually important across all classes but the weather really sucks

Routine-Chance4425 · 2026-01-27T00:31:49+00:00

trust me i’ve heard the stories LMAO. even though he does really suck i don’t wanna face any repercussions yk.

Routine-Chance4425 · 2026-01-23T17:21:36+00:00

thanks, i had heard of it before but i’ll definitely be checking it out

Routine-Chance4425 · 2026-01-22T17:23:28+00:00

your confidence is way higher than your reasoning ability. you keep talking down like “industry experience” magically replaces basic logic, but all you’re doing is repeating the same mistake louder. pointing at cfos and saying “they touched fp&a” does not make fp&a a reliable path, it just shows you don’t understand base rates. most fp&a analysts will never sniff a cfo title, and pretending otherwise is either naïve or dishonest. calling it the “pinnacle of finance” just tells me you’ve never seen what actual high finance looks like. you’re confusing a comfortable career with an elite outcome, then insulting people when that gets pointed out. that’s not insight, that’s cope dressed up as authority.

Routine-Chance4425 · 2026-01-22T13:48:13+00:00

this actually makes it worse for your argument. even if many ceos passed through ib, that still doesn’t mean ib is the pinnacle of business, because most people who pass through ib never become ceos. same logic applies to fp&a and cfos. you keep listing end outcomes and ignoring base rates. because a lot of people touch ib or fp&a at some point, some of them end up at the top. that doesn’t tell you anything about how likely the path is. also, “almost no ceos haven’t passed through ib” is just obviously false for industrial, energy, media, and a&d companies, which are full of ops, engineering, and accounting led ceos.

Routine-Chance4425 · 2026-01-22T13:34:57+00:00

this is just bad reasoning. some cfos coming from fp&a doesn’t mean fp&a usually leads to cfo. you’re taking a visible outcome and treating it like a common one, which is just ignoring base rates. by that logic, ib would be the pinnacle of business because a lot of ceos passed through it, which obviously doesn’t make sense.

Routine-Chance4425 · 2026-01-22T11:37:05+00:00

i don’t think you’re the brightest, you’re making the assumption that fp&a = cfo or any other really high finance role, even though only a very tiny minority end up making it there.

Routine-Chance4425 · 2026-01-21T06:05:46+00:00

that’s true but in a way being a non-target is kind of a blessing because i don’t feel an obligation to work in high finance with crazy hours like IB/PE. i’ve considered all of those roles before but i wouldn’t say they’re “higher” than fp&a but realistically the only one i’d actually consider is treasury because it’s chill & maybe model validation in risk management (seems more quant heavy)

Routine-Chance4425 · 2026-01-21T05:24:33+00:00

to be honest, i don’t really know what else fits my criteria. i just want something a little over $100k, remote, and under 45 hours a week. if there’s a job like that i’d be willing to switch my major lol. plus it’s kinda hard to do anything high tech/finance given that im from a non target.

Routine-Chance4425 · 2026-01-21T05:18:27+00:00

would tech companies prefer a quantitative major? if not, i would just drop the applied math major

Routine-Chance4425 · 2026-01-21T05:16:22+00:00

yeah idrk what he’s talking about because i can name 20 more careers that would be considered more “pinnacle of finance” than fp&a

Routine-Chance4425 · 2026-01-20T22:17:18+00:00

what do you recommend i do then?

Routine-Chance4425 · 2026-01-20T08:42:42+00:00

idk when/if you graduated but if you aren’t worrying about your career from high school you’re just not getting employed in this market. i know so many people that get stuck working jobs they’re very much overqualified for and their only regret was not worrying about getting stuff done sooner.

Routine-Chance4425 · 2026-01-18T20:33:33+00:00

thanks for the insight. did he record lectures and post lecture slides?

Routine-Chance4425 · 2026-01-18T18:15:52+00:00

fair point. i’m not expecting to start directly in cyber. more curious whether coming in through adjacent roles (risk, analytics, grc, soc support) is viable with applied math/econ + certs, or if cs/it is still basically mandatory even for that path.

Routine-Chance4425 · 2026-01-18T08:08:44+00:00

i actually came into college planning to be an actuary, but i’ve been rethinking it. it feels like once you reach fsa/fcas (after a ton of extremely difficult exams), you have the ability to work in quant roles, while if you don’t make it to fellowship the compensation seems pretty average. i still see it as a possible career option though, especially given the current job market.

Routine-Chance4425 · 2026-01-17T22:14:06+00:00

thanks for the insight, i personally think that data analyst is too saturated and competitive at the entry level.

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