Actuaries are a different breed. I worked with one who had to have his heart removed to fix a known aneurysm and he’d tell you about how having a child was higher risk then his surgery.
After he got back from his surgery, I caught him in the hallway and asked him how he was doing. He proceeded to take off his suit jacket, tie and his shirt to show me his scar.
Smartest people in an insurance company but also the oddest. Our old neighbor’s father was an actuary and in his apartment, she said he had one plate, cup, fork knife etc. Just didn’t see the need for having more than one of anything. He also had to do his calisthenics at the same time everyday. If he was traveling in a car, he’d stop, do his exercises, finish and continue on.
I think a lot of them are on the Asperger high end functionality.
“Actuaries are a different breed”
Skills, talents, abilities . . . Oddities.
We all have em. But number people are just different.
> Smartest people in an insurance company but also the oddest
The underwriters win on the personability test!
Actuaries are a different breed.
- smoked dope.
- studied for his actuary exam.
- listened to David Frye records and did adequate impersonations of David Frye impersonating others.
I heard second hand that he made it as an actuary and cleaned up with $$$$ as they are exceedingly well paid.
So yeah.
Saw that scene in the movie The Accountant.
If I were by myself, I would live a lot like the person you describe.
There would never be a scrap of paper around unless I absolutely had to keep it.
I despise paper in so many ways. Paperless is a good dream.