Advice

[Ken Abbott]

 

[Ken Abbott]

Sorry about the profanity here, but this message hits pretty hard. (Andy, feel free to delete if you find it offensive.)

 

[Daniel Duffy]

'feck' is a good surrogate.

 

[Barny]

The hardest part of course is the first step.

 

[James Ma]

very inspiring. still working on the last step

 

[moretodo]

Did you follow this growing up in your early 20s ?

 

[Ken Abbott]

Did you follow this growing up in your early 20s ?

Yes. I established a clear-cut set of goals upon which I worked.

Every.
Single.
Day.

 

[New Trader]

Yes. I established a clear-cut set of goals upon which I worked.

Every.
Single.
Day.

You have decided that you wanted to be in Risk Management when you were in your 20s!!!

 

[Ken Abbott]

You have decided that you wanted to be in Risk Management when you were in your 20s!!!

I actually did start in risk management in my 20s, back in the 1980s. I was only there for a few months, though.

I decided I wanted to gain a credible set of quant skills.