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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am 50 years old (for the context).  I was always good at math, so 30+ years ago when I was making my choices, everyone urged me to go into CS.

One very wise woman who was in CS and was in her 40s at the time steered me a different way.  She told me that the key to a good life work-wise is to pick a job with relatively high barriers to entry and, especially for a woman, where your age adds to your value.  Basically something where you can't mint a bunch of qualified people in a couple of years, and where what you knew 10 years ago is beneficial to your work.  CS is failing spectacularly on both counts.

I became an actuary.  This will not work for your daughter since she doesn't want additional study, but I seriously urge her to consider what my mentor said.[/quote]

What is your day to day life like as an actuary? Do you work long hours? Do you work alone? Do you need good people skills?  How much stress to you have? How much do you earn?[/quote]

There is a wide variety of work environments for actuaries.  The answer to all of your questions is, basically, it depends.  Long hours, working alone, people skills, stress are all choices that you can make, and different people choose differently.

As far as $$$, get your answers here https://www.dwsimpson.com/about/salary-survey/.  [/quote]

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