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daveyrocket
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Is there anyone here who switched from physics to actuarial work? I am looking to get into the actuarial field, and I'm signed up to take exam P/1 next month. The material seems easy, no real worries about that (of course, I am still planning to study it as much as possible before the exam). The main difficulty I see for myself is that there aren't many jobs in actuarial science on the west coast. There are some but I don't know how much competition exists for them. I have some questions:
What was your experience like?
How were the tests? (Especially the tests after the first two.)
How far have you gone in advancing in the actuary field?
How much difficulty did you face in getting a job?
In what ways did you leverage your background in physics to prospective employers? I see a potential difficulty here in saying things like "I'm smarter than the other schmucks applying for this job because I have a PhD in physics" as coming across too arrogant, but at the same time there is some truth to that. How does one present this "diplomatically" enough?
What was your experience like?
How were the tests? (Especially the tests after the first two.)
How far have you gone in advancing in the actuary field?
How much difficulty did you face in getting a job?
In what ways did you leverage your background in physics to prospective employers? I see a potential difficulty here in saying things like "I'm smarter than the other schmucks applying for this job because I have a PhD in physics" as coming across too arrogant, but at the same time there is some truth to that. How does one present this "diplomatically" enough?