Tell me one interesting fact about your job that most people outside wouldn't know

I'll start first: most of the cakes you get from bakeries come in frozen and prepared. Even in really nice bakeries we get frozen bases to ensure consistency. The designs are always fresh and we put a lot of work in but most people expect a freshly baked sponge every time

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SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

I am an actuarist who models risk on behalf of a pension fund.

Most people are functionally innumerate and incapable of making rational financial decisions. With declining trust in professional advisors and myriad ways in which to lose large amounts of money quickly on the internet, this makes for turbulence in financial markets 😐

Turtlepower · 36-40, M

@SunshineGirl That sounds fascinating. My father is in the property insurance industry and for a long time I wanted to get into the actuary field to model natural disaster and terrorism risk but I found the concept too depressing.

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@Turtlepower I understand. I don't particularly enjoy my job, but it fits in well with the way in which my brain works and I have found my niche in the market.

I consider myself an economist first and foremost and that economics is accurately described as the "dismal science". I first used my analytical skills to 'prove' that my dad's gambling addiction was irrational . . for all the good that did 🤷‍♀️

Turtlepower · 36-40, M

@SunshineGirl sadly addiction/misplaced hope > logic > statistics I understand though.