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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

New venture at work.....

Finance is one subject that intrigued me for years together. I never made any attempt to learn the subject or I should say I never had a chance to explore it as a part of my job. All the while, I was building different web applications for clients whose main business is manufacturing.

Now, my work is entangled with "finance" OR I would say I chose this mix-up. Options, Futures, Currencies, Derivatives, Trades, Capital markets and whatnot? I am too overwhelmed with the jargon (which would be my language hereafter, as per my Manager). Irrespective of others' opinion, I see my future in Finance.

Finance bug stung me to an extent where I am planning to take up CFA in the near future. Procured a lot of information from different people associated with the Finance industry at different levels and understood that it takes immense dedication, determination and lot of brains (?) to complete the Level - I of CFA. Now taking my first lessons in Finance and I think I am doing fairly well. Time should speak the rest.

At this point, I am little worried about my programming skills in Java. I am out of touch with programming for a good 8-9 months. The only ray of hope is that I can brush up my skills at anytime within a week and me bagging a new job buttress this point.

This post would be incomplete if I don't mention few names - Shyam, Jayaram, Aravind and JP - who are helping me in learning the domain very rapidly (at least, I feel so).

21st Century Lifelessness

Few funny lines I came across one of my friends' t-shirt:

Our Communication Wireless
Our Business Cashless
Our Telephone Cordless
Our Cooking Fireless
Our Youth Jobless
Our Religion Creedless
Our Food Fatless
Our Faith Godless
Our Labor Effortless
Our Conduct Worthless
Our Relation Loveless
Our Attitude Careless
Our Feelings Heartless
Our Politics Shameless
Our Education Valueless
Our Follies Countless
Our Arguments Baseless
Our Commitment Aimless
Our Poor Voiceless
Our Life Meaningless
Finally, Our Existence – Useless????