Fund Accounting

Never thought I’d make a second video.  But I also never thought I’d be on a Moroccan holiday adventure and need a reason to ditch my awful family for an hour.  

Quick explanation on why I ended the piece so abruptly:  

1) I was so absorbed in the Chuck-Norris-level action movie that is fund accounting that I missed a turn or two and honestly got lost in the heart of Chefchaouen… on my first day in the city.  

And worse:

2) Being that loud, ugly (sweaty) American talking into their iPhone as they walk through the quieter residential areas of the city draws the worst kind of attention: that of small, curious children who— en masse— stopped playing street ball and started to follow me.  

The worst part is that they weren’t even trying to get into the shot.  They were super polite, staying quiet and listening.  

Punks!

I should have robbed them. 

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Ok… so why am I posting this second video?

The first one was about how every engineer needs to deepen their business knowledge.  If you missed it, I wrote “Watch it to understand what you need to learn… how deep you need to go… to become a better engineer, a better partner…  an honest-to-god business contributor.”

This second video is to encourage you to be borderless in how you define your business and the associated learning you need to do.  

Think end-to-end!  Learn end-to-end!

If you’re in custody, slowly broaden that business lens to include fund accounting, transfer agency, fund administration, tax, etc… *ALL* the processes (and businesses) upstream and downstream from your bordered world.

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Don’t aspire to be the CIO.  

Aspire to be their boss. 

#HappyNewYear!