My career background.
So one side effect of the broken foot is I have far too much time on my hands. My hope is through my writing I may learn a little about myself and perhaps even share something that would be helpful to others. If anyone has any questions I am sure I will have time to answer those too.
I retired from working shortly after the pandemic begin. Both my undergraduate degrees are from the University of Oregon. I dual majored with degrees in Accounting and Business Administration (Finance). After being graduated, I was hired by a Capital Management firm in San Francisco. After two years of working I was given the opportunity to move to a much larger Hedge Fund and at the same time study for a Master of Science in Computational Finance from Carnegie Mellon University.
The education and job gave me the opportunity to see the world and make good money. While I did spend most of my 28 years traveling far more than most people would ever want to, I had grown up in a rural community in Oregon. All my goals had been about seeing the world so this lifestyle fit me well. It did cause issues at times with having a family as my partner has had to carry the load at times. She too got a degree from Oregon however we started having children shortly after getting married so she allowed me the chance to do want I wanted.
My work was always hard to explain as the job title never seemed to match with what I was doing. When people would ask what I do, generally I would default to Accountant. For most people that is the best way to look at it. The job was basically to go to Mid Cap companies located in emerging markets and find valuations which were beneficial to the fund. The beginning of my career was spent in Africa and the bulk of my career was in Asia, specifically Malaysia.
My travel schedule was horrendous. The flight was around 24 hours and that included always a stop, normally in Korea or Dubai. Some months it would be two trips but most months were one trip away, then one trip home. We settled just outside Seattle as the flights from Seattle were the easiest to do, while also letting us be near family. Without doubt I did enjoy always being treated so well by the airlines, the reality is in my 20s it was just plain fun, in my 30s I understood it was a part of my job. By your 40s, I spent insane amounts of time calculating how much longer I had to do this. So I managed to retire at 50. As soon as the pandemic hit, I retired.
Third year into retiring and I could not be any happier. While the foot issue is disappointing, my life is full of people and things which make me happy on a daily basis.
So one side effect of the broken foot is I have far too much time on my hands. My hope is through my writing I may learn a little about myself and perhaps even share something that would be helpful to others. If anyone has any questions I am sure I will have time to answer those too.
I retired from working shortly after the pandemic begin. Both my undergraduate degrees are from the University of Oregon. I dual majored with degrees in Accounting and Business Administration (Finance). After being graduated, I was hired by a Capital Management firm in San Francisco. After two years of working I was given the opportunity to move to a much larger Hedge Fund and at the same time study for a Master of Science in Computational Finance from Carnegie Mellon University.
The education and job gave me the opportunity to see the world and make good money. While I did spend most of my 28 years traveling far more than most people would ever want to, I had grown up in a rural community in Oregon. All my goals had been about seeing the world so this lifestyle fit me well. It did cause issues at times with having a family as my partner has had to carry the load at times. She too got a degree from Oregon however we started having children shortly after getting married so she allowed me the chance to do want I wanted.
My work was always hard to explain as the job title never seemed to match with what I was doing. When people would ask what I do, generally I would default to Accountant. For most people that is the best way to look at it. The job was basically to go to Mid Cap companies located in emerging markets and find valuations which were beneficial to the fund. The beginning of my career was spent in Africa and the bulk of my career was in Asia, specifically Malaysia.
My travel schedule was horrendous. The flight was around 24 hours and that included always a stop, normally in Korea or Dubai. Some months it would be two trips but most months were one trip away, then one trip home. We settled just outside Seattle as the flights from Seattle were the easiest to do, while also letting us be near family. Without doubt I did enjoy always being treated so well by the airlines, the reality is in my 20s it was just plain fun, in my 30s I understood it was a part of my job. By your 40s, I spent insane amounts of time calculating how much longer I had to do this. So I managed to retire at 50. As soon as the pandemic hit, I retired.
Third year into retiring and I could not be any happier. While the foot issue is disappointing, my life is full of people and things which make me happy on a daily basis.
