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Life Advice / Re: Changing (back) to a career feild?
« on: January 14, 2016, 11:07:15 am »
I am curious about this.

Do you have any information about these tests/requirements? Especially if you have any personal/practical experience, that would be much appreciated.

No personal experience but I know someone trying to become an actuary. If you don't know what it is, an actuary determines the likelihood of something going bad for a particular situation. They mainly deal with insurance firms and advise them on what the likelihood of a particular situation is and how much they need to charge to ensure they make a profit.

Keep in mind this is only for British actuarism. You need a hard science, mathematics or economics degree at Master's level and then you can become an apprentice actuary at an actuary firm. After that, you can start to take actuary tests which are basically hyper-advanced statistics. After eight (I think) tests, you are a fully qualified actuary.

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Life Advice / Re: Changing (back) to a career feild?
« on: January 14, 2016, 09:35:29 am »
You can become an actuary just by passing a bunch of tests without having to go back to school. I don't really know much about it other than that the tests are tough, but if you enjoy statistics and time series then it should at least be a fun kind of challenging. As a bonus, being a lawyer and actuary might combine to equal a higher than average pay for either individual field.

About to say this myself. Actuaries can also make a small fortune if they're good.

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92) The party comes across a man in a wizard's hat and robe crying on the side of the road. He asks the party to find a way to get him his virginity back otherwise the other wizards otherwise the wizards won't let him back in and they will call him mean things on the crystal ball messageboards.

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DF Modding / Re: [MODDING] 0.42.x QUESTIONS THREAD
« on: January 14, 2016, 07:33:23 am »
Hey, guys, is it possible to put in butcherable sentients?

I'm trying to do a troll race and I want them to have a group of "crap" trolls who can be just snatched up and butchered any time.

Would [SLOW_LEARNER] prevent that? If I remove that tag will they be butcherable and if they don't have that tag can they still use stuff like pickaxes etc?

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Necromancer Fortress
« on: January 14, 2016, 06:29:30 am »
I just love the idea of dwarves dabbling in things beyond their comprehension and then managing to kill themselves from it.

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