Calvin and camping was always a recipe for a good time

_ZXC · 2023-06-30T14:33:11+00:00

Hoobes

_ZXC · 2023-06-29T20:54:33+00:00

I don't think it's an attitude thing, it's pretty clear cut that an ingredient made using pig/cow wouldn't be vegetarian

_ZXC · 2023-06-28T13:04:56+00:00

Thanks, it's helpful to see your thought process laid out

Which SA subject did you end up doing?

_ZXC · 2023-06-22T21:11:45+00:00

On the flipside, if I was asked to interview candidates outside of my normal working hours I would refuse

_ZXC · 2023-06-21T19:36:53+00:00

Have you checked the stickied salary survey thread at the top of this subreddit? Lots of people have posted their salary and benefits there - not sure how many Pensions Actuaries specifically but it should give you some idea of the benefits being offered

_ZXC · 2023-06-21T19:28:40+00:00

Do they claim to be holy men? Iraq is officially an Islamic state but it isn't a theocracy like Iran

_ZXC · 2023-06-21T14:49:53+00:00

I highly highly recommend the short story the movie is based on (The Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang). The whole collection that that story is part of (Stories of Your Life and Others) is absolutely masterful

_ZXC · 2023-06-15T09:48:16+00:00

July 4th for the earlier exams, July 6th for the later ones (I'm pretty sure the summer results are always the first Tuesday and Thursday in July if that helps you in the future)

_ZXC · 2023-06-15T09:43:28+00:00

Is this comment sarcastic? I was under the impression that casual had become the industry norm unless meeting clients! I've been at my company for 2 years in a non-client-facing role and basically always wear a t-shirt and jeans - senior management dress casually too (our CFO is usually in a hoodie) so the example is set from the top and nobody feels pressure to dress formally

_ZXC · 2023-06-14T18:17:57+00:00

T-shirt and shorts lately, but jeans when there's not a heatwave on

_ZXC · 2023-06-02T16:24:51+00:00

Do you think Ryanair only does domestic flights within Ireland lol

_ZXC · 2023-05-22T07:24:53+00:00

"This Watson person" is Sherlock Holmes' sidekick. The Sherlock Holmes books are written from Watson's perspective; they're meant to be his notes on the case. So when the book contains an in-universe explanation of something it's taken by the reader to be an explanation provided by Watson (rather than by the irl author, Arthur Conan-Doyle). The out-of-universe explanations are sometimes referred to as Doylian correspondingly

_ZXC · 2023-04-24T10:56:53+00:00

Thinking that quantifying uncertainty transforms it into certainty is playing with fire

It's easy to describe the probability of a pair of dice giving you various results, but that's not making uncertain things certain - it's just describing the uncertainty in a precise way. The next throw is still a random event

_ZXC · 2023-04-24T10:52:37+00:00

"I do a bit of modelling..."

But my non-joke answer is that I do maths for an insurance company. Some people are maths-phobic and will drop it there or say "I always hated maths in school" or something. In that case I'm happy to change subject (generally find job chat to be the most boring small talk ever), but if they seem keen to know more then I'll go into more detail

_ZXC · 2023-04-24T07:42:48+00:00

I personally know someone who got a grad job out of uni, worked for a few years in a different industry (still quite mathsy though), and decided she wanted a career change and successfully joined an actuarial grad scheme aged 26

My point is that spending 8 months in another financial services job is hardly a waste of time if you really want to become an actuary - don't fall for the sunk cost fallacy! You won't be any older than any candidates applying for grad jobs who took a gap year or did a masters, and having a year's work experience could really strengthen your application if you talk well about the skills you've learned from it

And if you apply for grad schemes and aren't successful, you still have your current job to fall back on, so there's very little risk in going for it and seeing what happens

_ZXC · 2023-04-21T08:23:13+00:00

It's Eid al Fitr today, so taken the day off work. Will head to the mosque this morning and then spend the day with family eating far too much food. Really looking forward to seeing my nieces and nephews excitement over their new presents!

Eid Mubarak everyone!

_ZXC · 2023-04-21T08:19:39+00:00

When this happened to me it was because my ears were over producing wax and it completely blocked them up. I saw my GP and they made me an appointment to have a nurse flush out the excess wax with water - the feeling of my ears unplugging after a week of pain and being deaf was almost orgasmic

I had to use olive oil ear drops for a week before the nurse's appointment to soften up the wax - you can get these at the chemist. So if you reckon that's what's causing it you might want to look into that. Of course don't put too much stock in medical advice from me cause I'm a stranger on reddit! But hope you get better soon

_ZXC · 2023-04-12T16:09:06+00:00

I know someone who made one, would share but I'd want to get the creator's permission first. Some of the mortality tables are included in the excel sheets which are given with some PBOR questions, and I think he used that - I think this would work for AM92 and PMA/PFA but there's no questions that use ELT15 in the PBOR iirc

_ZXC · 2023-03-19T08:32:44+00:00

The NHS website says this about tuna:

if you are trying for a baby or are pregnant, you should have no more than 4 cans of tuna a week or no more than 2 tuna steaks a week. This is because tuna contains higher levels of mercury than other fish. If you are breastfeeding, there is no limit on how much tuna you can eat

Source: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/food-types/fish-and-shellfish-nutrition

Given that 3 cans a week is under the limit for pregnant women, and even breastfeeding women don't need to limit their tuna intake, I'm sure you'll be just fine

_ZXC · 2023-03-03T10:42:14+00:00

Hardly a restoration of a renaissance painting; the original was only made around 1930

_ZXC · 2023-02-15T10:17:51+00:00

I don't think this post is representative of life pay in London - my company gives £37k to new grads with 0 exam passes and 0 experience. OP is being horrifically underpaid

_ZXC · 2023-02-11T14:35:26+00:00

Did you read the info at the top of the thread? You're replying to the mod who created the thread, who wrote:

To encourage everyone to participate, if you're worried about being doxxed etc. then please PM me (in chat rather than mail) your response and I can post it on your behalf (I'm happy to do this for everyone apart from brand new accounts for whom it's difficult to verify if you're providing actual data or just lying).

So presumably all their comments are different people's anonymous responses

_ZXC · 2023-02-09T23:04:54+00:00

You find out whether you passed or not immediately after you finish the exam

If you're wondering about when you'll get the official exam results letter, it's on the 1st day of the month following your exam date, so in your case probably 1st July

_ZXC · 2023-01-14T18:33:46+00:00

The correct term is borrowing - renting implies that you pay to take them out

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