My name is Atli Sævarsson and I started this blog as a part of an assignment in one of my master's classes in Reykjavik University.
Who am I? I finished my bachelor degree in 2010 Business Administration with emphasis on finance. I also did some courses in computer science but never finished that degree. In 2010 when I was graduating I had been planning to go into Reykjavik University master degree in investment management(MSIM) and had already been approved to their program when one I got offered a job from Arion bank in their asset management department which I could not reject. When I started there I was immediately sent to get certification as stock broker so I had my hands full starting a new job and finishing another degree.
After finishing the broker degree I felt the need for having more things to do after work so I registered in the masters degree again and was planning to take it with work. However I didn't pay the school fees and decided to skip the master's degree for a year. I played that same game for two years and when I had registered for the third time my college in Arion bank said "lets just do it together and finish this". So finally I decided to take full speed ahead in the year 2013 as 50% student and a 100% worker with two kids which made me a more than 100% father at the same time.
Later my career was gonna change when I lost my job in Arion bank for no special reason in October 2014. I then got offered a job immediately at Advania, a major IT company in Iceland, the eight biggest IT company in Scandinavia. They had shown me interest before so I was started to work for them the same month as I quit Arion bank. Unfortunately I didn't really like working there so much and had been thinking about seeking another job opportunities when KPMG in Iceland sent me an email and asked if I had interest in meeting them for a job opportunity. I took my lunch the following day with KPMG and knew that there was somehting exciting there. I soon got offered a job there as Enterprise risk management specialist which I'm currently in today and I love my job. The main reason why I love my job is that it's so busy, I have my arms full of tasks and readings all day long so I feel that I'm at a great place. Also I feel that I'm on to some important role as well.
Now when peoble ask me what kind af character I am, it's safe to say that I love being busy. And speaking of that I feel it's little terrifying graduating the spring of 2016 and just being a worker, a paycheck slave.
The following months I know I'll have alot of mind digging in this course How to start a starup. Hopefully I'll end up having some lifetime task after this course, the future will decide.
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