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Re:All the Texts on Financial Engineering You Could Ever Want by Dilpil on Thursday February 26, 2009 @11:38PM (#496850)
Let's keep one thing in mind: financial engineering is not like civil engineering. It is not about helping society. It is about making money.

With that in mind, the practitioners of financial engineering aren't really doing so bad (the individuals, not their companies).

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Re:All the Texts on Financial Engineering You Could Ever Want by gaius on Friday February 27, 2009 @02:39AM (#496993)
financial engineering is not like civil engineering. It is not about helping society. It is about making money

You don't think Halliburton, one of the biggest employers of civil engineers, is about making money? Interesting.

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