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    Have You Ever Made a Huge Career Change?

    Kind of in the same situation venom. I graduated in 2010 with a business degree and was able to land a job as a fx trader right after graduation due to internships at same company in 4th year. Within a year and a half had to relocate to another country because company got bought out. No biggie...
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    Any Northwest (Portland & Seattle) and Colorado NT'ers want to help me out. Trying to figure out wh

    Boulder is great if you like doing outdoor activities. Good flyfishing in the areas outside Denver and there are some cool camping spots in the state. As for Denver, langfor5 pretty much nailed it. Steubens is a fun place to grab a bite. Tons of microbreweries in the city and Argonaut is hands...
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    The NBA Stats Thread: The 15-year chain reaction that led to the NBA's current offensive explosion

    "Statistics are like a lamppost to a drunk: useful for support but not for illumination.” -- Burke Pretty much sums it up for me. This whole movement with statistics in sports is akin to when statistical analysis took over manufacturing in the 80's, finance in the 90's to present, etc. ...
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    Confessions

    -In the past year, went from being on the fast-track to financial success with a well-paying job at a Fortune 500 to relocating to a small start-up with a high risk/high reward potential... -Start-up is closing down and got laid off -Started on a second degree majoring in Computer Science /...
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    Instant 1 million dollars vs. 50% chance of 100 million

    Basic math tells me to take the $100 million chance...
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    2012 Official NFL Fantasy Football Thread

    Got beat by 1 pt because of Rodgers, can't F'ing believe it....
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    Delete

    Man I played against Rob Sacre in high school and it's awesome to see him get this far. He has always been a good kid and teammates love him. I hope he can last awhile with the Lakers!
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    2012 Official NFL Fantasy Football Thread

    What are y'all thoughts on DeMarco Murray and Doug Martin? Think they can turn it around? Starting to lose patience, thinking of swinging one or both for McFadden or Forte.
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    2012 Official NFL Fantasy Football Thread

    Just got offered: Giving: Andy Dalton DeMarco Murray for Chris Johnson Tony Romo Hesitant on doing this
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    2012 Official NFL Fantasy Football Thread

    Who to start at QB: Andy Dalton vs WAS or Alex Smith vs MIN Also got offered DMC for my Demarco Murray and Kolb. Thoughts?
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    Ask A Hedge Fund Fraud

    ^Just from my short time in capital markets (~3 years), the CFA is becoming the "gold standard" as more employers are considering that a bare minimum especially for pension funds I've found. However, if you want to become a trader or want to do anything more quant focused, then the CFA is a nice...
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    2012 Official NFL Fantasy Football Thread

    Any value in Kevin Kolb or Matt Hasselbeck?
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    2012 Official NFL Fantasy Football Thread

    Thanks man, much appreciated!
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    2012 Official NFL Fantasy Football Thread

    Just got offered Vick/Rashad Jennings for my Demarco Murray/Andy Dalton. My other RB's are Foster, D. Martin, Deangelo Williams and Ben Tate. My other QB's are RG3 and Alex Smith. Good trade or no?
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    What you stressing bout vol 1

    Stressed about work, hell of an opportunity exactly what I thought I wanted to do career-wise before I got in 3 months ago. But I'm not where I want to be performance-wise and have had the urge to go back to university to double major in Comp Sci and Math.  I saw this the other day and it kind...
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