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I would be very interested to know what you do for a living?

Does it have anything to do with investing? What advantages do you have over other professions?

I'll start:

Unfortunately, my profession has nothing to do with investing and brings me few advantages!

Former professional boxer and now I teach sports and math.

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I always rub salt in the wound. There's always something to do
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I occasionally bring old junk to a TV show. It doesn't do much for my invests, although I have a more trained eye at flea markets now. 🦦
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@MalSchauenWasWird We are pleased👀
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Now managing director of a medium-sized company, previously in senior management at an energy company.
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@Hannes_SK Do you still need a janitor? With a home office, if possible.
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@Der_Dividenden_Monteur Couldn't pay you anywhere near what you're currently earning, even as a service fitter. 👍🏻
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@Hannes_SK that sounds great, is it easier for you to evaluate and analyze companies?
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@Aminmeskini Everything that concerns the "old economy" industry, yes. You know all the process technologies, cost structures and future forecasts, as well as the mechanisms of the raw materials and energy market.
Of course, you are not allowed to trade in such things if you have held such a position. In this respect, there is little to gain from it. Only internal share packages and bonuses offer compensation.
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Insurance broker. Advantage: I can organize my own time. Disadvantage: I can organize my own time.
Joking aside: I come into contact with a lot of people from a wide range of professions and social classes. I really like that - because it ensures that you can constantly question your own view of the world and things. You constantly get new food for thought, learn new things and exchange ideas. So I (hopefully) don't get "rusty" so quickly :D
Another advantage for me: I can spend a lot of time on the topic of "investment", which also interests me in my private life.
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Doorman in the financial industry
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@Testo-Investor How can I imagine your job?
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@Testo-Investor a real picture of you?
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@Aminmeskini Yes, that's me, who else? The name says it all.... I was joking about the job, of course. I'm a pretty good salesman.
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@Testo-Investor but you look really good!!! 😍😍😍
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@Aminmeskini thank you ... a lot of work
Over a number of years 👍👍
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@Testo-Investor I train for at least 1.30 hours almost every day. But my vision is nowhere near as good as yours!!!
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@Aminmeskini not only 5 times a week
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@Aminmeskini you were also a boxer and not a testo investor
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@tanguysgr That's true though, as a professional boxer I trained a lot more, 2-3 times a day for 1.30 hours. But the goal was never to get bigger. I would have to weigh 69.9 kilos for years 🤣
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@Aminmeskini that's why you're about 300 times faster and more flexible than me :-)
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professional soldier, at most if i held rheinmetall i would have a reference🤣
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@alexschober_ But do you know anything about the arms industry? Where do you see potential?
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@Aminmeskini i myself am already very aware of the arms build-up. at the moment it looks like it will continue. if you look at the political situation and the war situation in europe alone, the arms industry will continue to play a major role
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I get paid quite a lot for very little work. I hate my job but I don't dare to change.
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@Spiderman You've made me curious, please tell me something more specific. What do you do and what do you get for it? Maybe I'll switch to you 😁
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@Aminmeskini In principle, I would have no problem with it, but naming the company and the job would be the end of me working for them. I can't afford that at the moment.
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@Spiderman You don't have to name the company, but I can understand it
@Spiderman I know that from the past. It wasn't easy for me to earn less at first, but after just a few weeks I was happier. This was even confirmed to me by people around me.
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@Schroedy I am very happy for you, you deserve it ❣️
Studied tax law, but it doesn't help much with capital assets due to the lack of structuring options. At least with my savings rate 😂
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@T1_mo that's very interesting, my wife is also a tax official and doesn't even know most of the key figures!!!
@Aminmeskini Most of them are not even needed because the design is not worthwhile for the majority of people or exceptions do not apply 😂
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@T1_mo where, if I may ask? I work in a tax office myself and now want to take the next step towards studying. What are your experiences? And what are you doing now with your degree?
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@Ernie3486 I studied through the FA and will therefore be working there for the time being. I personally think that studying through the FA is very good because it is very comprehensive. It's not for nothing that many law firms recruit us.
I can definitely recommend the course. Especially if you want to become a tax consultant, because you start with a good basic knowledge.

Unfortunately, I can't tell you much about working as an employee in a tax firm
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Craftsman, gas-water-shit
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@SparrowPiet nothing works without you!!!
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@SparrowPiet Solid job! And important
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Restaurateur (have a small restaurant)
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@IvanDerSchreckliche Do you see a danger in large chains like McDonald's and co. or rather an opportunity for you? How can you profit from them?
Apprentice electronics technician for industrial engineering, then I'll do the technician
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@Garfield204 Why a technician and not a master craftsman?
@Tilikum Mostly because of the fees for the master school and the technician is equivalent anyway.
And as I'm also currently thinking about doing the technical business management course afterwards, it's just an intermediate step anyway.
I don't have any money for the master school, I'm going to be a father in the fall (not quite planned) and I don't want to save for long after my apprenticeship when I'm in my late 20s either😅
Before that, I studied to become a 3D artist, but I don't see a long-term future in the job due to AI and the pay was also rather mediocre. That's why I started another apprenticeship in my mid-20s
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@Garfield204 I would definitely rather be a technician than a master craftsman. I am an electronics technician for automation technology. Trained and live in Germany. But I work in Switzerland for a large chemical company. My partner has a master's degree, everyone else around me did the technician's degree in 4 years alongside their job. This was also preferred by the companies than the master craftsman. None of us can complain about the salary. 100k€ a year.
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@Namewarschonweg Wow, that sounds solid, do you mean 100K without technician/master or with?
I was expecting around 70-80K€ as a technician/master😅
Thanks for the info, my company is in the energy supply sector and also somewhat larger, with four-digit employee numbers😁
Thanks for the input😁
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@Garfield204 I have a gross salary of €100k. But that's mainly because we all work in Switzerland. Those with a technician have a higher position and are more likely to make €110k-115k per year. That wouldn't be paid in Germany. I previously worked for a pharmaceutical company in Germany as a team leader in the electrical department and didn't earn that much there. We simply have that luxury here on the Swiss border
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Dairy master
Hardly any advantages for investors. At most a handful of companies (Gea, Ecolab, Henkel) that are active in the industry and you get a few superficial internal details. But not enough to have an advantage.
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Service technician and technical support for precision optics machines in a medium-sized company.
Then I do the same as @Alpalaka on the side
It doesn't really benefit me, as the biggest customers such as Zeiss, Patek Philippe, Rolex and Trumpf are not listed on the stock exchange 😅
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Mobile home help
So with old people
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Landwirt 🚜
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Container gantry crane driver in the port of Hamburg :)
Unfortunately it brings me nothing, except a good regular income :D
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Therapist indeed.
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Bankkaufmann
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Dual student in the field of mechatronics, as part of my studies I am also doing an apprenticeship in this field. I also work in agriculture on a part-time basis. Apart from an above-average income for my age group, which I can invest to a large extent, it doesn't really earn me anything.
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(Swiss)
Trained as a banker & professional experience in the industry: brings me a lot. But also had disadvantages at the beginning (overconfidence and overestimating my own competence early on).
During 6y. Worked everywhere (construction, gastronomy, event management, electrical engineering, sales, real estate management,...), most recently as a working student in product management at a large German UG in the Smart Infra sector.

The insight into many industries is worth its weight in gold for me personally.
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Specialist dentist for oral surgery
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Specialist head of physiotherapy, then still studying and waiting for my last 3 exam results, then probably into a government agency.
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Privatier
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Schoolchildren and alongside them working in the trades
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I am a geographer and have nothing to do with investing professionally. I buy expensive bump stocks and sell them at a loss. Still in the black thanks to my ETFs. I don't begrudge anyone their success in investing and look with some envy at people who always seem to have the luckier hand.
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Senior civil servant - some of my colleagues have little to do with investing. I actually wanted to become a bank clerk, but my applications were ignored. 😅
Nevertheless, my interest in finance is unbroken and that's how I got into investing.
So I don't see any advantage over others.
As a civil servant, you're safe from "getting poor", but you're also safe from "getting rich". 😁
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Executive Director at a large consultancy. That doesn't help in terms of content, but it broadens your horizons - and that helps...
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Therapist, brings me a lifelong job 🤲😂
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