Becoming an actuary/thoughts on the actuarial profession

^this. I want to go into engineering because I like it. My dad is a top level engineer for Boeing and makes close to 150k a year.

Also I read through most of this thread and still don't have a fucking clue what being an actuary actually means could someone explain it for us lesser beings?
 
that sounds like the most boring shit ever.

I'm sorry you're driven entirely by the possibility of making money and spending it on mainly superficial material purchases. I hope you enjoy being old and skiing when your body is on the decline.

I'll enjoy my pow now, but I'm glad you're willing to take the time to deal with predicting finance. It really is a very difficult job deserving of its high salary so good on ya for taking the challenge. I think I have more or less of a math mind, but analyzing trends in numbers and taking tests is really beyond my passions and attention span. Kudos, and have fun working away your twenties, thirties, fourties, And fifties!
 
Is anyone on here currently taking exams? I have my second coming up in a couple of weeks and was wondering if anyone else is going through the study process.
 
I am a CPA and having worked with actuaries, the profession makes accounting seem exciting. The old joke is "who is an actuary? someone who didn't have the charisma for accounting." Seeing as most accountants are some of the most boring and dull people around, you can understand the joke.

Your pay will be directly proportional to the exams that you pass. From what I understand they get progressively harder. Everyone will make it through the first two or three. To make the big bucks you need to stick through all of them, which as you seem to be aware is extremely difficult.

That being said I do like the self-employment prospects that being an actuary allows. You can spend enough time to get experience and pass your exams, then start your own business, live where you want, and work as much or as little as you want.
 
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