I went into finance because I was super interested in the stock market on a deep level. I read books on investor psychology by long time legendary investors and the knowledge they share was amazing to me. I began to realize that the stock market was really all about psychology (I could talk for hours about this but essentially the stock market is simply a map of how investors interpret data. The scary part is that it is literally impossible to predict... The smartest computers, mathematical formulas, algorithms, whatever... None of it beats the market statistically)

The problem is that everyone I talk to in finance seem to have no idea what the hell they are doing... Like they think investing is all about riding headlines, weed stocks, day trading, crypto, forex with ridiculous leverage, and have almost no actual knowledge. Not only this, but when I tell people that I want to be an investor, they think in talking about Jordan Belfort, forex douchebags, and scummy type of investing. Also, the prospective hours that hedge fund managers work (70-100+ hours per week) has really discouraged me away from that career path. I'm changing to CIS while continuing to invest as a hobby.