I've been part of the "working" population for quite some time now. You WOULD think that I should be more or less concerned as to where my hard-earned(?) salary is going. Well, since I've squandered every cent of my money on whatever I fancy (READ: useless crap), I figured I better rethink my priorities and start saving up for the future. I'm with a new company and hopefully on my way to a very promising career in the IT industry, I beleve it's time for a change.
Fortunately, as part of the on-going research for a new project, I was invited to attend a seminar about stock exchange. The goal was to familiarize all PM/BAs of this particular domain in the capital market. The seminar gave us a brief overview on how you can build your wealth by buying and selling stocks via the Internet. Since I didn't know squat about the stock market much less having to do it over the web, it was quite interesting and very informative. The speaker was very knowledgeable and he was able to explain clearly how it works and how it can be beneficial to those who have money to invest. Even though it was my first time to hear anything about the broker/stockholder's world, I didn't have difficulty understanding its concept because the speaker was using layman terms. It really helped a lot because not only did it allow me to further widen my investment options, it also provided me the basic information I needed for our new project. It was a heads up on what the terminologies and processes the team should expect when we meet with the client. I believe it was a good starting point for all of us to learn the language of their domain.
The seminar lasted for about 5 hours and we were all pretty exhausted by then. Nonetheless, we all felt that our new-found knowledge would give us the confidence to get everything organized and jump-start the project. Personally though, it got me excited about using the stock market and how it can make my money work for me.
It's just too bad I don't have anything to invest.
Boo.
....and this little pig cried "Wee, wee, wee!"
All the way home.....
