Help choosing a financial planner!! - Page 2

freebird5825 · 03-15-2008, 10:51 AM

thanks to Hollywood's history of portraying science/engineer types as the eccentric quirky types, it's great being in a profession where you can act wierd and wear strange clothes and get away with it. it's almost expected.

remember Brent Spiner's act in Indepedence Day? My hero!!!

there's actually quite a few of us engineer geeks here. maybe we should start an engineer decloaking thread and see who actually admits to it.

my train left town a looooong time ago.

jIMOh · 03-15-2008, 12:06 PM

6 munce ago I cuoldn't spull enginear, and now I are wun.

Mechanical if you must ask.

Khan · 03-15-2008, 12:25 PM

Not an engineer, but a BS in Math and spent 20+ years programming on Big Iron.

freebird5825 · 03-15-2008, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Khan

Not an engineer, but a BS in Math and spent 20+ years programming on Big Iron.

Big Iron?

Khan · 03-15-2008, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by freebird5825

Big Iron?

Those large mainframe computers (often IBM) that took up whole rooms/buildings:

quietman · 03-15-2008, 02:31 PM

You are far better off if you can do it yourself.

All the fuss about designations is pointless. CFP takes a bit of study, but planners with a CFP can be just as bad as those with any other designation. It's almost impossible to align the planner's self interest with the self interest of you as client, so there's always risk if you don't know what you are doing that the planner will either take advantage or make bad recommendations.

There are exceptions. There are a few good planners. It's almost impossible for you as a potential client to find them. Sorry. Not much help.

freebird5825 · 03-15-2008, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Khan

Those large mainframe computers (often IBM) that took up whole rooms/buildings:

wow, that's a memory lane indeed. check out the old teletype printer. woohoooo. i used them too.

are you the one in the white shirt or the blue shirt? LOL

03-15-2008, 10:51 AM	#21
freebird5825 Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: 42N Latitude, NY Posts: 1,109	thanks to Hollywood's history of portraying science/engineer types as the eccentric quirky types, it's great being in a profession where you can act wierd and wear strange clothes and get away with it. it's almost expected. remember Brent Spiner's act in Indepedence Day? My hero!!! there's actually quite a few of us engineer geeks here. maybe we should start an engineer decloaking thread and see who actually admits to it. my train left town a looooong time ago. __________________ *Freebird* Go placidly among the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.

03-15-2008, 12:06 PM	#22
jIMOh Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Milford, OH Posts: 1,182	6 munce ago I cuoldn't spull enginear, and now I are wun. Mechanical if you must ask. __________________ Light travels faster than sound. That is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. One person's stupidity is another person's job security.

03-15-2008, 12:25 PM	#23
Khan Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Greater Dayton area Posts: 3,066	Not an engineer, but a BS in Math and spent 20+ years programming on Big Iron. __________________ "Knowin' no one nowhere's gonna miss us when we're gone"

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03-15-2008, 02:31 PM	#26
quietman Dryer sheet aficionado Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 47	You are far better off if you can do it yourself. All the fuss about designations is pointless. CFP takes a bit of study, but planners with a CFP can be just as bad as those with any other designation. It's almost impossible to align the planner's self interest with the self interest of you as client, so there's always risk if you don't know what you are doing that the planner will either take advantage or make bad recommendations. There are exceptions. There are a few good planners. It's almost impossible for you as a potential client to find them. Sorry. Not much help.

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