>> I think that there's, really a couple of different backgrounds.
There's no cookie cutter way of getting into it.
I think you have your traditional finance background, where if you show a passion
for finance, show a passion for market, show a passion to learn about companies
and develop an understanding of what they do and how it ties into the industry.
And how it all eventually plays into a stock and whether or not it's a good buy
or a sale whatever you want to call it.
I think that's one way to get into the industry.
I think especially within research, the research on the south side is generally looked at as kind
of a fountain of knowledge, right, a walking encyclopedia for the center of that you cover
because we're generally very siloed in one or two different sectors.
So, if you were covering a very engineering heavy space for example,
there might be a preference for someone in engineering over someone in finance
because you can teach someone the financial side of things, right?
You can teach someone how different [inaudible] how do different statements work together.
I couldn't walk into an engineering role and start talking about different types
of things just because I'm not as aware of certain things that are going on
and I have a completely different perspective.
I mean, there are other people who, you know, maybe their school didn't offer finance,
but you know, you interview them, they look like smart people,
you think they can pick up the business very quickly.
I don't think, like I said, there's no cookie cutter way.
I think people are just looking for someone that's hungry, that's passionate for a job
and knows what their getting into.
And you know you learn on the job as it is.
I mean, whatever advantage I had by having a finance background, is somewhat nullified
after a certain point in time just because everyone gets up to speed.