Why be an engineer when you can be an actuary?

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In effect being an actuary you are an elite employee. If you pass the exams you are almost guaranteed an executive level job within your career. This cannot be said for any other profession, period.

Actually, those exams very hard to pass. They keep the number of those who pass to a very small percentage. That’s one major reason why you’re very well paid. If you can make it, you’re very well compensated.

The company I work for has 45,000 employees, and yet has only ~240 actuarial fellows

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