It was a trade-off going to this workshop.
Me and my friends were contemplating going to the 6th floor computer lab to enjoy some quality bonding game time. Instead we ended up taking seats in front of computers not really knowing what was going to happen.
The computer we sat in front of was open and had a program running. Bloomberg, shortly afterwards introduced as a overpriced program with functions that are highly specialized. Honestly we didn’t know know what was going on but we knew how to read a line chart. We tried as best we can to follow the directions provided for the next hour and struggled to stay awake. As interesting as trading seems this session was like telling us to play the piano without learning the theory. We can play with it and hopefully learn a few things along the way but without knowing the basics we are disadvantaged at playing this game.
Nonetheless, I hope my friends at least got something out of it that I missed. I can’t think of a reason to come back in the future but will continue in my endevours to learn to play this game that has so much to offer depending on our knowledge.
This experience probably leveled me up. If we just went to the computer lab to play games we could have had a fun time but not really learn anything new. By going to something that we had no clue what was about we were able to note another perspective life has to offer. Like jumping out a plane and experiencing parachuting for the first time, ive never done it but wish to, we can feel the thrill of something new rushing past us and if it leaves us feeling elevated then you only have yourself to thank for taking the first step towards you.