Wall Street Here I Come

Doesn't Wall Street sound like something that is out of our reach? A world made only for the rich and the famous? A world we can enter only if we were gifted mathematicians?

I am none of the above mentioned types but I still made it successfully onto Wall Street.

You probably want to know how I managed to do that. Well, in my case, all I needed was proper guidance and a well designed course with all the relevant areas required to enter, live and survive on Wall Street. Of course I was very eager to study and determined to be successful.

Nevertheless I was still afraid of utterly failing that rigorous finance program I was supposed to attend during the summer, because I didn't know a thing about finance. All those fears were removed after the first few days at the program. I was able to follow the courses and efficiently take part in simulations and case studies.

The instructors not only lectured but actually also practiced what they were lecturing about. They had been in various business and investing situations before and therefore could professionally answer any questions that we students tossed at them. Some students tossed rather tricky questions that were difficult to even understand, and it felt like they did them to test the instructors' depth - but instructors handled them with such skill that it made us all feel that we were learning from the best in the field.

The program provided by the Swiss Finance Academy has given me a deep insight into both theory and practice of finance and investments.

Do you remember things you learned at school back in the day, things you never found to be of any use in life? Swiss Finance Academy material was different - I use it every day and I go back to the basics with it. I took my study materials to my first job on the first day and everyone at the office was so impressed. I use it as a reference material. I would confess that I have slept with it during the program and even recently. I love to learn and I want to be good at what I do. I find use for what I have learned when I perform my everyday work on Wall Street.