Actuarial Outpost
 
Go Back   Actuarial Outpost > Actuarial Discussion Forum > Careers - Employment
Reload this Page Life after actuary?
Register Blogs Wiki FAQ Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read
FlashChat Actuarial Discussion Preliminary Exams CAS/SOA Exams Cyberchat Around the World Suggestions

US HEALTH ACTUARIAL JOBS

Reply
Page 1 of 15 1 23456711 > Last »
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 01-04-2004, 10:55 PM
ret79 ret79 is offline
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 17
Default Life after actuary?
Where have people you know of who have quit the actuarial world gone to work?
__________________
RET79
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 01-04-2004, 11:49 PM
glenn
Guest
  
Posts: n/a
Default
Fries with that?
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 01-05-2004, 08:19 AM
Sunny Sunny is offline
Member
  
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 3,940
Default
Teaching?

Finance/MBA/Fixed Income/Investment Banking?

Stay-home moms and dads?
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 01-05-2004, 08:44 AM
DW Simpson DW Simpson is offline
Site Sponsor
Site Sponsor
  
Join Date: Sep 2001
College: Yes
Posts: 18,633
Default
http://www.actuary.ca/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=6457
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 01-05-2004, 09:27 AM
Maine-iac's Avatar
Maine-iac Maine-iac is offline
Member
CAS SOA AAA 		 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: The Silver State
Favorite beer: Wine
Posts: 29,890
Default
Several at-home moms. One actuary-to-teacher (many more teachers-to-actuaries, though).

Heard of one who became a baker, unsucessful. (A colleague of mine had just heard from an actuary friend who he used to work with who had quit to open a bakery. Bakery was failing. Wanted to know what the prospects were to get back into the field for more financial stability. He advised her that financial stability was not enough motivation. If she was miserable before, she would be miserable again. I always kind of wondered what she ultimately decided.)

One became an antiques dealer, but that was more a post-retirement gig.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 01-05-2004, 10:01 AM
Wigmeister General's Avatar
Wigmeister General Wigmeister General is offline
Member
  
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Beverly Hills off Canon Drive
Favorite beer: Ringnes
Posts: 16,609
Default
Don't forget about "Federal Reserve Board Chairman".
__________________
Spoiler:
* * * * * *
"No one remembers 5K and I wrote a nice poem for the occassion. No one remember's 10k. No one will remember 20k either." - Sir Post-A-Lot

"One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making it an offense to keep arms."
-- Constitutional scholar and Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story, 1840

"The problem with socialism is you eventually run out of other peoples' money." -- Margaret Thatcher

"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." -- George Washington

"Caca pasa" - Anonymous
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 01-05-2004, 10:15 AM
SamChevre's Avatar
SamChevre SamChevre is offline
Member
  
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Virginia
Posts: 2,141
Default
Acclaimed economist
__________________
Liberals tend to view themselves as live-and-let-live people.... We’re the nice guys. We believe in tolerance, diversity, and letting people be what they have to be. It’s hard for us to credit the idea that someone could be afraid of us.

Someone is. And for good reasons. Understanding that uncomfortable fact is the first step towards grasping what has been going on in this country’s politics for the last quarter century. Red Family, Blue Family
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 01-05-2004, 10:17 AM
Will Durant
Guest
  
Posts: n/a
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by Maine-iac
Heard of one who became a baker, unsucessful.
Interesting. I worked with a former baker who became an actuarial student.
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 01-09-2004, 10:40 AM
Michael Davlin's Avatar
Michael Davlin Michael Davlin is offline
Member
  
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Haymarket, VA
Posts: 2,608
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by SamChevre
I love that. Years ago, someone I know took some personality / capabilities test, and was told that the attributes necessary to be a good actuary were the same as those to be a good economist. I believe that makes perfect sense. I've always viewed actuarial work as a somewhat narrow area of applied economics. Sorry if that takes the luster off it for anyone, but that's the way I see it. For me, it adds luster to what we do.

I know FSAs who have become piano tuners and non-financial software developers.
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 01-09-2004, 11:09 AM
Master P Master P is offline
Member
  
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Souljah-ville
Posts: 460
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by SamChevre


Well , millions of wasted dollars and many pissed off duped countries seems to be the sine qua non , at least in the former case ,of both fields. Shock treatment indeed , but not in the way it was stated.
Reply With Quote
Reply
Page 1 of 15 1 23456711 > Last »

Tags
career changer

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »
Thread Tools
Display Modes
Linear Mode Linear Mode

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 05:57 AM.

Contact Us - Actuarial Outpost - Archive - Privacy Statement - Top

Powered by vBulletin®
Copyright ©2000 - 2013, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
*PLEASE NOTE: Posts are not checked for accuracy, and do not
represent the views of the Actuarial Outpost or its sponsors.
Page generated in 0.29444 seconds with 7 queries