Do you fit the stereotype?

[buttered hard roll]

You know what? I notice a lot of lower level people in the actuary field that do not think they fit the stereortype of an actuary. While they may not fit the "backroom actuary" mold, most of the time they are still huge boring, nerds at heart.

Going out to cheesy bars and getting trashed for the sake of getting trashed does not make you cool. I'd lump these "extroverted actuaries" you speak of in the same boat as scenesters and hipsters. That is to say, they're all (typically) douchebags--a bunch of posers.

I've seen it time and time again. When push comes to shove, their true nature shines through. If coming close to a bar room brawl, they will back down in a heartbeat. When a group of hotties are in the room, they stay put contemplating on what could've been (and it really could not have been since most male actuarial types are ugly or effeminate). The females are even worse: "Look at me. I have tits!!!" ... Yeah, you have tits, but you're still ugly and boring.

Please, nerds, stop frontin'

[puntbamapunt]

stop frontin'???

nice... btw I'm Canadian, try and tell a Canadian he will back down from a fight and see what happens. I'm talking about a true Canadian, if you don't have a bushman in your immediate family, you're not a true Canadian.

You sound like a fool by the way

[binky_4me]

hmmm, i hear from my coworkers all the time (and i've been here 3 yrs now), that i don't fit the stereotype and i'm the black sheep of the dept. :tongue: i think it's because most of my job experience has been customer service or sales related jobs so of course you have to be outgoing, talkative, persuasive, and personable. i am an extrovert by nature anyways. i dance, sing, volunteer all the time, ... plus, we have a business casual dress code here and while everyone else is pushing the casual envelope, i'm very colorful and almost on the business professional level. but i really like dressing up, though, i'm a bit of a clothes horse. plus, i think it totally means something that everybody here lives in either columbus, ga or somewhere nearby in alabama, and i live in atlanta doing the whole 100+ mile commute (that's oneway). so it must say something about my personality if i just had to stay in atlanta instead of moving to boring columbus. :laugh:

[blackhawks88]

I'd like to think I do not fit the typical actuary mold. \I am in a top three fraternity at a school with a huge greek system. Also, I am very athletic, having played hockey all my life. I'm very extroverted, and enjoy meeting new people all the time. But, then again, maybe I'm just "frontin'"..

[NoMoreExams]

Please don't feed the troll :Sheriff:

[mcgruff]

but i really like dressing up, though, i'm a bit of a clothes horse.

I can relate. Although I generally prefer to dress more casually than more formally, I always enjoy dressing like I actually thought about what I was going to wear that day. I think dressing should be a fun thing. Anyway, I expect that I'll have to dress quite conservatively as an actuary, just as I do currently as an engineer. But when my wife and I are with our friends, I like to dress a lot more boldly than they do. Maybe I just like attention.

[kstyron]

As a math geek, I'd say I'm pretty stereotypical. I lean more toward the introverted side of things, although I'll never turn down a game of Trivial Pursuit. I enjoy being a nerd. My fashion sense has improved but only because my future mother-in-law is coaching me there (I'm female). I still personally find most social gatherings boring and I drink about twice a year. It's a lot more acceptable when you're twenty-seven and live in a college town I think.

[ChrisB]

I am almost an actuary.

I am an introvert 75% of the time. I prefer sitting in my cubicle without having to deal with much human contact.

But I also race bicycles semi-professionally.

I don't fit any molds.

[alekhine4149]

I overfit the stereotype. I am shy, quiet, gawky looking, and risk averse. I have difficulty approaching women and get turned down on all attempts. I dislike most sports, study all the time, contribute a lot to my retirement account, and talk like a dork.

I also don't care. Introverts are too quick to bash themselves. On average, introverts are more interesting than extroverts. They have more interests and passions since they have learned to entertain themselves. Most extroverts I know do the same '''' over and over again and burn out at a young age. Introverts still have their fire ignited even into their 60's. Extroverts are typically only interesting if they are very talented at something.

Going out to clubs and parties is hideously formulaic - way too predictable. You know what everyone is going to say and do before they do it. If you want to talk to a really interesting person, get to know a friendly introvert. They always have hidden layers to peel.

[alekhine4149]

You know what? I notice a lot of lower level people in the actuary field that do not think they fit the stereortype of an actuary. While they may not fit the "backroom actuary" mold, most of the time they are still huge boring, nerds at heart.

Going out to cheesy bars and getting trashed for the sake of getting trashed does not make you cool. I'd lump these "extroverted actuaries" you speak of in the same boat as scenesters and hipsters. That is to say, they're all (typically) douchebags--a bunch of posers.

I've seen it time and time again. When push comes to shove, their true nature shines through. If coming close to a bar room brawl, they will back down in a heartbeat. When a group of hotties are in the room, they stay put contemplating on what could've been (and it really could not have been since most male actuarial types are ugly or effeminate). The females are even worse: "Look at me. I have tits!!!" ... Yeah, you have tits, but you're still ugly and boring.

Please, nerds, stop frontin'

This post is basically all true except for the word "boring", or the implication that there is anything wrong with being the nerd.

Basically, intelligent and composed people become the elite, and they control society. The guys at the bar brawling are not in the elite - they clean up after us for a third of our wages. What's more, they will never fight a member of the elite, since the consequences of violating this social norm are usually severe. They fight other proletariat guys to avoid trouble.

The hotties in the room, the tough guys in the bar ... this kingdom crashes very quickly!

On the other hand, you have an introverted painter, intensely focused on her solitary craft. Able to express surprising combinations of radiant emotion with the large arsenal of technique acquired over the years. We are now several levels above the bar room brawler. You don't know she has this skill because she doesn't look like a model or have a gaudy entitlement mentality. But her beauty runs much deeper. Her gift is the realm of the introvert - the dominating force in this world. She will not bore you when you talk with her.