Yesterday I started a Master's program for financial planning and investments. I'm nervous but excited!
That's excellent! What exactly interests you about financial planning?
I used to teach, so the idea of teaching individual money management skills is very appealing.
Cool.  So do you plan on being a professor or using your Master's for something else?
I'd like to work for a firm that manages investment portfolios for the "not quite super rich."
What exactly does managing investments entail?
A lot of figuring out what kind of rate of return someone can expect from their investment choices. Math mostly, lol.
How long does it normally take to complete a Master's in that field?
Postgraduate education
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The organization and structure of postgraduate education varies in different countries, as well as in different
local college briefly, dropping out after one semester. He commented, "College is such bunk. Too much politics and jockeying for favor. I just couldn't do it. College is great if you want to learn, but that's not what college is about, it's about making your professor happy and getting good grades and getting into IBM. Any place that says that they're only accepting college graduates is not a place I'm very interested in being."
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