I was born in the 80s. I moved to the States when I was in my twenties. Back at home I got my BA in accounting, which I hated with a passion. While pursuing a MS in financial analysis part time, I was working a full time corporate job as a financial analyst. After years of plowing through the corporate ladder, I finally moved from a cubical to an office. Boy, that was a big deal. In the meantime, I became a CFA charter holder. Which, by the way, engraved in my mind that trading strictly on technical setups is generally not seen as favorably as trading on fundamental analysis. That perception was wrong on my part.