How is actual finance work?

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..I’m still a finance major in college. I’m curious as to how actual finance work is compared to what we learn in school. Do you guys already working as financial analysts have to work with the complex calculations we deal with at school or are most things done through computer software. For instance, when you need to do valuation to decide between two projects, when performing analysis on a company, e.t.c.
 
Why would you assume that you wouldn’t use computer software for complex calculations, thats exactly when a cumputer is most useful.
When your actually working you will probably do everything in Excel, so you will use a computer to do complex calculations. Also most likely the actual work you do will be more complicated than what you did in school.
 
There’s always lots of small but important details: taxes, different complicated ownership structures, incentives for management, rights of first offer etc.
So as Ron said, it’s probably gonna be more complicated than what you did in school. But also more interesting.
 
…so everything is done in Excel huh? I wrote poetry (and abhorred) the formula for the optimal risky portfolio at the same time, lol. well, the good ray of sunshine I wont be seeing that in real office work :-D
 
Hey little cubby. You stick around with me, you’ll make it. Unlearn that bullshit they teach you at school. That shit’ll get you killed out on the corner of Wall and Broadway.
 
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