About Me/About This Blog
About Me
I’m just the typical adolescent going through life trying to discover for himself his purpose in life and how best to maximize his utility given the realization of that purpose.
I’m currently in my first year of a second bachelor program at the University of Pennsylvania. I came to the Penn in order to better position myself to acquire a job in the financial industry when I graduate. I plan to pursue a degree in Philosophy, Politics, & Economics (PPE) and supplement the extensive yet theoretical degree with a few applied financial courses at Wharton undergraduate school.
About This Site
This site is about my progression through life, hence the title – The Maturation of Shane. Through his blog, I plan to catalogue the growth of my ideas, my nature and dispositions, and my writing style. I plan to share and discuss with the reader the ideas and occurrences that affect my maturation and pique my interest. As I place myself within the context of the occurrences, I will detail my dreams, hopes, aspirations, goals (both personal and career) as well as my analysis on those occurrences.
As time progresses, this blog may head off into a new direction or become more specific or centralized – only time will tell. The change will never be drastic but would rather be a gradual metamorphosis. Hopefully this blog will become a precise proxy of the nature and development of my life. I will update this about pages as the need arises.
As this blog will contain information pertaining to my life, I will try to maintain a certain open level of disclosure, but please bear in mind that I cannot offer a full disclosure view into my life. Although I might be currently comfortable with sharing certain information, that level of comfort neither transfer into all aspect of my life nor does it extends to the factual contents contained throughout the blog. As such, the names, locations and other confidential information (whether deemed confidential by a written statement or by law or should be deemed confidential) are subject to changes in order to protect the identity and/or privacy of my colleagues and myself.
If there’s a post that interests you, or you agree or disagree with a stance I’ve taken, please feel free to leave a comment. The comment section is crucial in maintaining communication and feedback from the readers and I’ll be diligent in providing responses to the comments received.
Confused-cius said
Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star.
No about page is the night of a Blog, but a night without moon and star
Shane said
The About Page is now up
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Daris said
Glad the about page is up, I finally feel like I know you
What's it all aboot said
Despite the fact that you are surrounded at UPENN by teens fresh from mommy and daddy’s house there is no way you qualify as an adolescent. Adoloscence is as much as mental state as it is a physical state. If you haven’t grown any taller in over a year I think it’s safe to assume you are no longer an adolescent.
Since you don’t qualify physically as an adolescent, then maybe it is a mental state, but what about your mental state qualifies as adolescent. Schooling does not make for an adolescent as individuals in agrarian societies have minimal schooling and still qualify as adults. At the other end of the spectrum doctoral students who are still being educated at age 28 are no longer adolescents. If it is a level of maturity, anyone who has taken complete responsiblity for their own needs including food, water, shelter, blackberry and so on has taken on adult responsiblities and thus no longer qualifies as an adolescent.
Long story short, drop adolescent and use soemthing else like 20-something (if you still qualify), millenial, or dude.
The Editor said
“Pique,” not “Peak” one’s interest.
Great blog.
Shane said
I stand corrected. Somehow, the peak vs. piqued correction made it through my proofreading.
It has now been corrected.
Josh said
I’m wondering why you thought it made sense to go back to school, even if it is UPenn? Your cost comes to about 100k for tuition + 4 years opportunity cost * 80k(?) = 420k. It strikes me that trying to work in to an analyst position through the back office could put you in roughly the same place in four years time without all that expense. While a Penn education is doubtless valuable, I think you have to significantly discount the signaling effect value of a second BA.
Shane said
My thought process in deciding to return to school was a rather complicated one and would be a subject more suited for a lengthy blog post rather than a comment section but in order to address your question, I will comment on one of the reasons that tipped the scale towards returning to school.
Choice:
I did consider staying at my current job and using the network there to attempt to make a move towards a front office position at a bank. What I came to realize is that, while we hear the success stories of our peers who make the transition, it is a rare move that few ever accomplish. Even if the move is successful, choice is limited as the person is willing to accept the first firm to propose an offer.
Meanwhile, I am hoping that returning to school (and Penn in particular), I can work in the standardize route to becoming an analyst. Hopefully, with the extensive network, alumni base and with some luck, hindsight, I can maximize the chances that I enter a firm where fit is desired (both for the firm and myself).
Also, it is worth noting that my goal to work as a analyst is but a short term one. The opportunities that those skillset, knowledge and network bring far surpass anything I current possess. While making the jump from the BO to FO will afford some of those advantages, the advantages would be better maximized with the synergies of a Penn education.
So while there are days when I might question my decision to return to school, I know that I made this decision after much thought and I know that I can hardly be disappointed four years from now when I get to see the fruits of my labor.
Kevin said
Shane – just found this blog through M&I. Best of luck in your process and keep up the quality writing. It’s a tough decision to make to return to school, but patience always pays.
Shane said
Thank you Kevin. I have been following your blog also since it was first mentioned on M&I. It seems M&I is great at creating connections.