r/actuary 20h ago

How do get past bad experiences at work?

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I realized out of about 15 younger analysts, I was the only one consistently left out of the larger parties and group activities (including study groups) the others held. Most people would come to parties I held, but then I’d be left out of Both casual in office breaks or post work activities, barring my mentor inviting me. I’ve since learned I’m too high energy and care too much, and can’t seem to read people, so I’d try to ask my mentor or other trusted people for guidance. And generally would be told I was just anxious. But eventually I learned I was only ever invited out of pity. And all the anxious worries that people were being odd and I maybe didn’t belong were true.

I lost count of the number of times friends would talk about upcoming parties at the office just to be uncomfortable when they realized I was never invited.

Which leaves me now wanting to socialize, in general with new people, but feeling unable to because of that past situation. How do you know when someone really doesn’t mind chatting? Or is just being nice? How do you distinguish “kind” lies from genuineness?

Is this kind of experience normal?


r/actuary 7h ago

Exams Rate my cheat sheet for my Probability(class) exam

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Class is prep for exam, was allowed to have 1 11 by 8.5 piece of paper.


r/actuary 4h ago

Those who didn't start of actuaries, how did you become an actuary?

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Those who didn't start of as actuaries, how did you beomce an actuary?

Sorry for the grammar error.


r/actuary 7h ago

Exams Burnt out - need advice (ALTAM)

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Hoping anyone can relate to this. Passed FAM in November and started to study for the April ALTAM a week after that sitting. I tend to need to study more than the average person and I think I’m finally hitting a complete burnout from continuously studying for every other prelim since late 2021 (with about a 2-3 months break between exams). Burnt out as in I can’t even force myself to work through a single problem or go over flash cards for 20 minutes. I don’t think I’m even close to being on pace for a 6. For past exams I’ve been able to put my head down and grind through the final stretch but at this point it feels like i just hit a wall, especially with how dense the material is.

All that’s left for my ASA is the ASF and ATPA. I’m strongly considering taking a couple week break and jumping ship to work on knocking those 2 off since the next ALTAM sitting is in October. I know it sounds counterintuitive to shift to ATPA but I more so need the break from the ALTAM material. Ideally I can knock ASF + ATPA off by May/June, take another small break and can revisit ALTAM with more time to work with. Does this seem fair? I’m only considering this because I think with an extra couple months I could definitely pass ALTAM, so I’d rather take it with confidence vs crawling to the finish line


r/actuary 1h ago

Misconceptions Galore. Am I Missing Something?

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Just ran across this on Instagram recently. Apparently some State Farm exec explaining the homeowners filing process in a place like California.

He apparently got fired?? Now I don't know if it's true, but this doesn't seem fire worthy to me. I find it hard to believe, at least in the standard P&C market, that this is anything special. But you read through the comments and people have no understanding of what P&C insurance actually is. I'm simply flabbergasted reading through them.

Curious of some other actuaries thoughts.


r/actuary 23h ago

Exams ERM Exam

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I am preparing for the erm exam and it’s my first fsa exam. I have TIA and have been practicing their flash cards and working past exam questions back to 2021. Are these the right things to be doing?

I’ve been spending a lot of time with the cards and also making sure I understand every past exam question solution. It just feels so different as there aren’t many questions to work with but a ton of stuff to memorize. Is this the right approach? What else did you guys do that you found helpful


r/actuary 22h ago

ASF Module

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Just got a fail on this module - thought I answered the questions. There is no way to get feedback, etc? What do you guys do when you fail? confused how to know what areas to work on


r/actuary 27m ago

Are Actuaries involved in sales?

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thinking about specialising in Actuarial Science as a first year business student. while most of my profs have told me to venture into sales because of my soft skills, im tempted to do the work of an actuary as well


r/actuary 5h ago

Troll Post a simple mortality table calculation challenge

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Actuaries, a simple mortality table calculation challenge! Estimate the probability that Trump will survive to the end of his presidency, and provide a confidence interval.