Point taken; I guess we are workaholics around exam time. BUT . . .
1. Exams are twice a year, and really it's only around the last month or two before each exam that things get intense (I guess that is a lot, but I think it's worth it in the long run.)
2. I don't know anyone who...
i am!
I'm a P&C actuary (actuarial student, actually) in the US.
1. Actuaries aren't weird geeks! A few are, but mostly we're the people who were good at math but too *normal* to go into, like, theoretical physics or whatever.
2. Most Actuaries are not workaholics. That's one of...