I’ve Been Tagged! – 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Me

Written by FrugalTrader on Jan 12, 2007 filed under General Finance

Nick Gifford over at “Bring the Cash Flow” has tagged me! What is this tagging you ask? It’s basically a game going around the personal finance blog world that when tagged, the blogger has to tell 5 things about themselves unknown to others. Once the list is complete, I get to tag a few bloggers and get some dirt of them. ;)

Anyways, here it goes, 5 things about me that you probably didn’t know about me:

I am an engineer. Speaking of this, there seems to be a lot of engineers in the personal finance blogging space.
I am a born and bred Newfoundlander.
I am a regular gym goer and have been weight training since I was 20.
I don’t really enjoy working 9-5 for someone else. Ideally, I would like to own my own business, or become a full time stock trader.
I am just about to complete have completed the Canadian Securities Course.

I guess I’ll tag some blogs that I read often: JohnChow.com, TheKirkReport.com, StockMarketBlog.com, and Canadian Dream: Free at 45.

10 Comments, Comment or Ping

1. Canadian Dream

I saw this a couple of days ago and was just waiting for it to finally track me down.

Thanks, I think.

CD

Jan 12th, 2007 @ 9:00 am
2. FrugalTrader

Sorry Mr. Dream, it was only a matter of time. :)

Jan 12th, 2007 @ 9:03 am
3. Canadian Dream

FT,

Your right I saw it the other day on CC’s site and I knew it was only a matter of time. At least I have a post for Monday now.

CD

Jan 12th, 2007 @ 1:17 pm
4. steven

I don’t know why, but there seems to be a good population of engineers switching to finance for some reason. I am in the financial services industry and I have so many colleagues that were previously engineers or have a degree in it.

Jan 15th, 2007 @ 4:38 am
5. FrugalTrader

Steven: In the blog world, I think there are a lot of engineers doing personal finance blogs b/c it combines a couple of skills. Numbers and technology. In my opinion, it’s a natural fit. What do you do in the financial services industry?

FT

Jan 15th, 2007 @ 6:14 am
6. Jon Lee

That’s a very interesting idea! I think I might start a similar “tag” amongst web development blogs :)

Mar 15th, 2007 @ 8:13 pm
8. Thomas

I took engineering at university too!

Jul 12th, 2007 @ 1:46 pm
9. Ali

I am a fellow engineer in Calgary also with the same passion as you. I am in the middle of my CFA program. Ever consider it?

Mar 19th, 2008 @ 1:40 am
10. Matthew

Hello,

I echo your sentiment about finance blogging being filled with engineering types. I’ve just graduated engineering, I have a few stocks and mutuals and that. I’ve just started up a blog about how you can grow five dollars a day, or rather my attempts to.

Aug 6th, 2008 @ 11:09 pm