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Jan 12, 2007

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

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 a Mechanical Engineer. Speaking of this, there seems to be a lot of engineers in the personal finance blogging world.
I am a born and bred Newfie.
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.

9 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