At the beginning of the program I did not know much about finance but now I feel as though I can have an intelligent conversation on certain topics within the field. I am also now a little media savvy. Every morning I commute forty minutes to work and instead of sleeping (which I did pre-Swiss Finance program), I am connected to finance media from my phone. Also, throughout the day I log on to the site to monitor the Dow as it goes up and down according to news releases. Notes from the participant's academic and career journal at Swiss Finance:
We had a case study today and the lessons went beyond the surface topic of hedging risks… it was an exercise in trusting in the abilities and talents of those you are working with. Each of us has to strive to work at our best but none of us can do it all alone in this business. There will be cases and projects that require team work and these are usually complex, involving many man hours of work. So, if you are working in a team in which you constantly second guess the work of others, the project will remain at a standstill. So certain requirements are necessary for companies to hit their stride. The team must be made up of equally intelligent and hard working people and each member needs to trust in the abilities of the others. Then the parts of the project need to be divided, allowing each member to take on the responsibilities of the part that best corresponds to their abilities, and then you let them get on with it. The case studies provide us real world interactive exercises.
Regards,
Kavita
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