-: There's a great program for equity analysts
called the chartered financial analyst program.
It's actually based in Charlottesville,
it's a three part test, and the syllabus
and the material on that test cover really everything
that I do on a daily basis.
So if you wanna get a sense of what it's like
to be an equity analyst, you can easily go
to the CFA institute's website, look at their syllabus,
even do your own independent study and tests.
There's nothing preventing students
from taking that test before they graduate
to get a real sense of what the academic part
of my job is.
The people that I've seen excel have their hands
in every aspect of the business.
So as an analyst, you could sit behind
your computer screen, crunch numbers all day,
and come up with a good stock idea, for example.
And that's one part of the job.
Another part of the job is conveying
that idea and the process that you've had
to come about to that conclusion to people
who end up buying that stock.
So there's an aspect of an introverted self
where you're working on numbers,
and an extroverted self where you have
to convey your ideas in a coherent manner,
and frankly, in a sales type manner
to get those ideas across.
I think you have to have a little bit of both.