Masters in Chinese History (concentrating on 1880s-1940s, but also very knowledgeable about 1950s-1970s) Currently doing analytical work for a retail electricity provider in Houston... no, i cannot lower your bill. Semi-professional bass player (electric and upright) from about '85-'99... now working on electric guitar -- anything from 60s blues, r&b, soul, motown... to heavier rock.
Isabel, So you don't like doing research in chemistry? Are you under pressure to publish articles in respected chemistry journals? When I was an undergrad, I seriously thought about doing a double major in math and chemistry but I could never stomach Quantitative Analysis aka Analytical Chemistry and its requirement of 20 hours per week in the lab. I loved the theory behind chemistry but despised the lab, thus I got a minor in it (well chemistry and physics - 16 hours chemistry and 8 hours physics). But after flaming out in grad school in trying to get a M.S. in math, I knew that doing research in an academic field was not for me. I think you either have the gift to do stuff like that or you don't. The funny thing is the whole reason for trying to get a M.S. was to teach at a junior college or community college, but I now make more money doing the estimating than I ever would as a teacher. I still remember the chairman of the Math department where I tried to get my masters' telling me that I would never amount to anything and that I was a loser for quitting (their) program after 2 years. Maybe one day, I will go by and tell him how much he was right.
Race and Sports Book Supervisor. Not really glamorous when you have to listen to people complain about how they lost a 5 team parlay by a hook or people giving you grief because you don't know where Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished in last year's Darlington race " I thought you guys knew everything about sports" Don't even start with the horse bettors. Spend a Breeders Cup with these guys and you'll want to kill somebody. The upside is watching sports as a part of your job.
Keep in mind, you're in the midst of geeks on the Internet, so the weighting toward techy/computer things is probably skewed.
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Director of Financial Planning working mostly with high net worth clients and business owners on their estate planning.
Yes, that's what I do. Our company sells products but I only do fee based planning. Our average fee is between $3,000-5,000 per plan.
That is my actual title, but in essence, yes I am one of those dudes who does everything at a company, from IT to project management to overseeing staff and reviewing the work of staff.
Does your firm also do asset management? The reason for the Qs is that I am trying to get a handle of how a fee based CFP makes $$$. My initial exploration is telling me that doing one plan a week is tough sledding and may need to be augmented by asset management fees.
I'm currently unemployed, but I am seeking employment with Vandelay Industries, as a latex salesman. can't believe it took 3 pages for this to come out. Actually I teach 5th grade and coach. i also work for a pro hockey team on the side.
Our company sells products. Some people only charge fees and some people only sell product. Our company does both but we bifurcate the process. Our plans are independent and objective. There are no products mentioned in our plans. However, some of our recommendations do require the client to implement products and it's up to them whether they want to implement it through us. For example, a client may want to set up a revocable living trust or an ILIT. Our company has trust services or the client can use their own trust company.
I'm an Aftercare Teacher at a charter school. I have a degree in Human Biology from UT Austin - though it's proving not to be worth much at this point. I'll probably just go and be a teacher for the rest of my life... I'm not looking forward to it. I like children and all, but I don't think I can teach Biology to a bunch of teenagers. Jebus, where'd you go for grad school? I can't exactly afford it right now, but I'm still looking into it.
It's ironic... I thought my main problem in academia would be pressure to publish. So I picked a teaching-based college. It was going OK at first, but they give me huge teaching loads and then, if any of my students complain, they believe them automatically (instead of talking to any of the many classes and students who do like me). I want to be the best person and teacher I can, and I do OK most of the time, but earlier this semester things got really bad and busy for me and I slacked off a bit. Not much, and it's over now, but sadly I am probably already beyond being forgiven by some people around here. Anyway, it's miserable when you work your butt off for low pay, succeed most of the time, and then that other bit of the time ends up being what you're judged by. Small classes and small numbers of students can be screwy; if some of them decide to be in a bad mood, you don't have the rest of the class to balance it out. I did OK in grad school and with research, but not stellar. Nobody ever complained, and I passed all my exams, but I never won any competitions, fellowships, etc. either. I felt like the stealth grad student who didn't exist and just slid on through. I think they didn't understand why I wanted to go into teaching. So... I could leave here and teach at another school, particularly a community college. Hopefully nothing weird would happen and I would have enough enthusiasm left for science, which is the problem right now. I could work at any number of research labs... I don't like the corporate environment, but it would be easy (and tempting sometimes) to come back to, say, the Houston med center and work in a lab there. Just like what I was doing before all this grad school and teaching business. (except a higher level position) I wouldn't even mind leaving science or academia altogether - it's fine with me, as long as I can find something that pays the bills and where I don't somehow, unintentionally, rub people the wrong way. I am a complete loser who will never amount to anything. (might actually be true. I just manage to look like I'm going to amount to something every once in a while.)
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