Hello + Career Advice

[veritasophia]

Hi everyone, great to be onboard.

I found this forum about 6 months ago going over retireearlyhomepage.com, what an eye-opening experience its been Retiring early has been one of my goals since I took my first job when I was 14 :P, my plan at the time was to ladder CDs and live off of the interest. You shared your knowledge of inflation and rising health costs, as well as historical market returns, so now I know better. I am currently setting up a portfolio with Vanguard (I will post my fund allocation later on, your advice will be very welcome.)

I am currently a student who will be graduating in December with a degree in Economics. There are several options I've been considering for a career.

• Work for the gov the way I see it, this option would give me a lower stress 40hr/wk job with health care benefits during ER.
• Analyst probably private, forecasting job, don't know exactly what it entails (long hours? High stress?) but the pay is decent.
• CFA The pay is good but the hours and the stress seem horrendous. I don't mind studying for exams, I somehow excel at that.
• Actuary This is the most appealing field to me, I like a challenge. The pay is also good. However, how easy is it to find a job? And how long is the work week?

If any of you have experience in any of the above fields, please let me know what you think. If you have alternate suggestions, I would be very interested as well.

Thank you for reading and spending all of your retired days posting on this forum